i got this cent from my mom's change jar a long time ago. it looks like someone tried to cut it down into the size of a dime so a vending machine or coinstar would count it as a dime. it is the exact size of a dime too. or could it be an error. i've always wondered about this coin and finally i am posting it. i don't even think its worth a cent! buy hey, its copper! i can't believe someone would gind down a cent so a soda machine will count it as a dime. what losers! they destroyed a good 196? cent in order to get 9 cents off a drink. i think the coin is a 1966, but i'm not sure. i'm pretty sure its from the 60's. i think is a slug for a vending machine because back in the 60's and 70's machines probaly didn't have very good conterfiet detections. i wonder how many machines and people took this as a dime? i wonder if it has been in a dime roll. i would be angry to get a $5 roll of dimes only to find it is grinded down cents! this cent looks like someone just took some cutters and clipped the sides off. they didn't even bother to grind the rough edges off! what should i do with this? should i keep it as copper, spend it, or report it? i don't think it would be any good to report it because it is probaly hard to get a fingerprint off currcncy! but again, this cent is exatly the same size of a dime and when you drop it it sounds like a dime. thanks for looking!
Put it back into circulation,then you can land some sucker with a damaged coin that is worth its face value - 1c. Aidan.
Yes it would be alot of work to make .09 cents, but if that cent was spent 1966 they may not have had the correct change to buy a soda, so they improvised a little or maybe they were just dirt poor, maybe they didn't have alot of extra money back in 60's like there is today. jmt's John
You forget a dime in the 1960's is not the same thing as a dime today. Back in the 60's that coke cost a dime. By grinding down the cent they got 90% off the price. It would be like being able to buy a dollar coke out of a vending machine today with a dime. Ninety cents off.
