Penny on dime planchet . . . two dates?

[Smee]

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The wife was cashing in a bunch of pennies, but was a couple short. She saw a few pennies laying on top of the machine so she put them in too. Rejected. Several times she had them rejected . . . so she decided to look at the coins and this is one of them. The penny is dime size, apparently on a dime size planchet. Note the date --- looks like it also had a 6 under the 7 as well as a tail on the 9.



here's the reverse.



Any idea about the value of this coin?

 

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[Smee]

Sorry, should have said 7 over 6.

 

[andy from de]

Wow, that's a weird one! That's definitely one to take to a numismatist. let us now what you find out AA

 

[l.cutler]

It is just severely damaged. I would say it spent some time in a clothes dryer or something of the sort.

 

[Smee]

It is just severely damaged. I would say it spent some time in a clothes dryer or something of the sort.

Very worn, but definitely not one of those zinc pennies. We've done that to a zinc one, but it doesn't work with a copper one. This is a 1979 mint date on top.

 

[l.cutler]

No not zinc. Coins get caught in dryers, especially commercial dryers, and have the edges rolled in and just plain get beat up. Definitely just damaged.

 

[Rooter]

I agree, Definately post mint damage for a couple of different reasons.

 

[sniffer]

looks like it was rolled through a metal former