"Skinny" Cent

I was just going through one of my boxes of miscellanous coins and found a
strange one that I had squirreled away.

The coin is a 1967 Linclon cent that appears to be normal, with the
exception that it is about 1/2 the normal thickness of a cent. It appears
to have all of the normal detail you would expect to see.

The planchet it was struck on just appears to be too thin. Any comments?

Thanks, John

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"The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are
evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." Albert
Einstein

On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 13:55:09 -0500, "John Ahnen"
wrote:

I was just going through one of my boxes of miscellanous coins and found a
strange one that I had squirreled away.

The coin is a 1967 Linclon cent that appears to be normal, with the
exception that it is about 1/2 the normal thickness of a cent. It appears
to have all of the normal detail you would expect to see.

The planchet it was struck on just appears to be too thin. Any comments?

How does the weight feel?

I've noticed that when looking at the edge of cents that some appear
thick and others appear thin. But if I stack an equal number of the
"thick" and "thin" looking cents, the stacks are the same height.

I should have gone ahead and also dug out my micrometer and a set of digital
scales, which I will do next time and post the results.

--
"The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are
evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." Albert
Einstein
"Jon Purkey" wrote in message
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On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 13:55:09 -0500, "John Ahnen"
wrote:

I was just going through one of my boxes of miscellanous coins and found
a
strange one that I had squirreled away.

The coin is a 1967 Linclon cent that appears to be normal, with the
exception that it is about 1/2 the normal thickness of a cent. It
appears
to have all of the normal detail you would expect to see.

The planchet it was struck on just appears to be too thin. Any comments?

How does the weight feel?

I've noticed that when looking at the edge of cents that some appear
thick and others appear thin. But if I stack an equal number of the
"thick" and "thin" looking cents, the stacks are the same height.

"jim menning" wrote in message
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"John Ahnen" wrote in message
.. .
I was just going through one of my boxes of miscellanous coins and found a
strange one that I had squirreled away.

The coin is a 1967 Linclon cent that appears to be normal, with the
exception that it is about 1/2 the normal thickness of a cent. It
appears
to have all of the normal detail you would expect to see.

The planchet it was struck on just appears to be too thin. Any comments?

Thanks, John

--
"The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who
are
evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." Albert
Einstein



Could be struck on stock meant for a foreign coin planchet.


I have a UK 2p coin on a thin flan, presumably it was struck by accident on
a flan meant for a non UK coin. Billy

On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 13:55:09 -0500, "John Ahnen"
wrote:

I was just going through one of my boxes of miscellanous coins and found a
strange one that I had squirreled away.

The coin is a 1967 Linclon cent that appears to be normal, with the
exception that it is about 1/2 the normal thickness of a cent. It appears
to have all of the normal detail you would expect to see.

The planchet it was struck on just appears to be too thin. Any comments?

Thanks, John

Well, it could be struck on a split planchet.
It could be struck on a rolled thin planchet.
It could have been struck on an incorrect planchet.

It may have been acid treated after striking.
It may have been altered some other way after striking.

It may just be an illusion, and is actually normal.

Good photos posted on the web or abpn and a good weight would
help.
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Ed. Stoebenau
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