Strange wheat penny

[Michelle]

A wheat penny with no front?
Inside what should be the front of coin are scratches like something turned inside of it...I think I have seen something like this b4 but cant remember (crs )...definiately copper...definately wheat

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

A History of Mining on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska - Grab it through Amazon!

[Montana Jim]

Part of old-azzed magic trick?

 

[PBK]

I think Jim nailed it!

I've seen similar Lincoln cents, hollowed out to receive another machined coin. Some had another cent inserted to create a "two heads" or "two tails" coin. Others had a dime inserted, for use in a magic trick supposedly changing a coin from one denomination to another, and then back again.

http://mysticmountainmagic.hypermart.net/CoinMagic/Coin_Magic.htm

 

[Siegfried Schlagrule]

Is the front side blank or hollowed out? If hollowed out they call those "spy coins". If it is blank it could have happenned when two blanks are fed into the die on top of each other. One side gets an obverse stamp the other gets a reverse. ss

 

[Michelle]

yes the front is hollowed out... must be penny to dime trick...nickel
wont fit in it


ty

 

[mojjax]

I remember seeing squirting nickle ads in the back of comic books when I was a kid . Here is one on ebay -


http://cgi.ebay.com/1940s-Classic-S...ptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

 

[Coffee Cars & Cash]

I found one too. Got it as change. Never knew what it was until today.

 

[Michelle]

I found one too. Got it as change. Never knew what it was until today.

CHECK MARKS THE SPOT.....TY'S FOR REPLYS!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I found one too. Got it as change. Never knew what it was until today.

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2300/43/14/510962064/n510962064_2001506_2137.jpg

CHECK MARKS THE SPOT.....TY'S FOR REPLYS!

Michelle, you repeated the same penny pic.


As far as the solved check,

Go back to your original post

Click on Modify

Click on Message icon down arrow

Click on Solved.

The green check will appear.