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Copper slugs?

PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 3:57 pm
by theshoenlebens
These spit out when I dumped my coins in the bank counter today. Are they slugs someone put in quarter rolls or what?
They are 1 inch dia. and approx. 1\32 thick and appear to be copper.
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Re: Copper slugs?

PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 6:38 pm
by tinhorn
They look like planchets--preborn pennies--except they'd be 3/4" in diameter. Grade 1 planchets don't yet have the rim; Grade 2 planchets have been through the process that creates the rims.

If they're a true 1", I have no idea what they are.

Re: Copper slugs?

PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 10:14 pm
by penny pretty
foreign? what countries have 1 inch copper?

Re: Copper slugs?

PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 7:08 am
by theshoenlebens
Yup, they are 1 inch and yup, they have a rim. It was funny how it came about. Just started dumping in nickels and out flies these three slugs and a Canadian nickel. This is unusual in itself because this machine never spits out the rejects. It throws them on the inside of the machine where you can't recover anything :cry:
So I just picked them up and brought them home and hoped you guys will know.

Re: Copper slugs?

PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 1:38 pm
by Sheba
Maybe planchets for some sort of transit, parking, or gaming tokens?

Re: Copper slugs?

PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 5:09 pm
by theshoenlebens
Here are the "things" I'm wondering about.

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