What the heck? Counterfeit penny?

[Louisa]

I was rerolling pennies to cash them in and this one caught my attention, it was larger than normal. Appears to be a 1994D. It also appears to be "seamed" on the outer side. Why the heck would someone take the time to counterfeit a penny if that it what it is? Has anyone else found one of these?

 

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[Louisa]

I rubbed the "whatever it is" lol, with a dry washcloth and also wiped my scanner and re-scanned both the front and back of it. That vertical line is not on the new scan. I tried again to seperate the halves and can't. It may not be a magicians coin but it still may be a counterfeit. New scans of front and back.

 

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[Ant]

The whole coin looks jankey to me. He pointed out these two marks too. What about them?

 

[jeff of pa]

I suppose it could be a Very Large or DaMAGED D

But it is very odd.
Not exactly sure WHY someone would Counterfeit that year Cent.

Must be another reason.

I'm sticking to my Original Magicians coin Guess,
even though it is Just a Guess at this point.

 

[Louisa]

Yup, it does appear to be a D, and I found a magnet and it doesn't stick to it. I tried scanning a larger version of the date and D.
Question, if a magicians coin, shouldn't I be able to pry it apart?
The entire casting looks goofy.
I don't have any coin dealers near me, would my bank be able to tell me anything?

 

[jeff of pa]

would my bank be able to tell me anything?

Alot of people at Banks Know very little about Coins.

It's 50 / 50 on whether the person you ask would know.

As far as comming apart, It depends on what it was used for.
If it is a Magicians coin.

 

[l.cutler]

It appears to have been flattened out by placing it between two pieces of a softer material such as wood and hammered or squeezed in a vice.

 

[Montana Jim]

It appears to have been flattened out by placing it between two pieces of a softer material such as wood and hammered or squeezed in a vice.

I'm not sure a softer material would have flattened it.

But... maybe some extream heat?

Wierd.

 

[l.cutler]

Yes, wood will do it this is quite commonly done. Extreme heat will melt the zinc, however by the black color it may have been heated some to help tdhe flattening process.

 

[Jeffro]

After all this, I'm thinking of sticking to a broken collar during the striking process. With nothing to hold the sides in, the punch and die would make a cent bigger around and thinner. Even the marks below the date could be attributed to a piece of the collar causing damage to the dies. Somewhere out there is probably a cent with a piece of broken collar imbedded in it....

 

[l.cutler]

The design itself is stretched, if it was a broken collar or out of collar strike it would show up as a wider rim around the design, the design and legends would remain mormal.

 

[sendin]

Wasn't there a post by a fellow recently who mentioned his son's website that had 'everything' you ever wanted to know about pennies? I can't remember where I saw that.

 

[weldermark]

neat find,soak it in olive oil and see if the halves will pop apart or twist apart,just a thought.


Mark

 

[Jeffro]

The design itself is stretched, if it was a broken collar or out of collar strike it would show up as a wider rim around the design, the design and legends would remain mormal.

Yep, you're right.... not a broken collar then. Wacky!

 

[Monty]

Sometimes magicians will use over size coins just so the audience can see it better and they are easier to manipulate. My son-in-law is an amateur magician and he says that's what he thinks it is too. So? Monty

 

[PHANTOM35]

WELL IT'S STILL A COOL FIND , AND IT'S GOT A LOT OF POEPLE THINKING. I LOVE THIS HOBBY.
GOOD LUCK FINDING OUT WHAT IT IS.WTG