mangled 1939 penny
mangled 1939 penny
i got this penny out of an auction, looking for opinion as to whether it is a bad mint strike, or perhaps someone just hammered it out on a whim. it is super thin, baffling, but fun to look at.
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Re: mangled 1939 penny
Are your pictures backwards or is that the way the coin is.
Also do you have a weight for it?
Also do you have a weight for it?
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that is the way the coin is. i do not have the weight of it.
Re: mangled 1939 penny
Then it looks like someone has tried to create there own coin by hammering or squeezing two coins onto a blank planchet. It certainly wasn’t struck that way at the mint.
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thanks....that must have been one large press.