Broken Penny???

[DebtFreeMe]

It's not cut, it's not sheared, it’s not scraped, it’s not bent, it’s broke…

I have a 2006 D penny that quite literally looks like a ceramic plate that has had about 1/5 of it simply broken off.

I know that many types of metals become brittle during their manufacturing process, does the copper coated zinc penny have a point in its creation where it is brittle and can be broken rather than bent?

This is the first time I’ve seen something like this….

[everything]

Maybe they froze it first, scroll down on this web page down to about halfway for a photo, or click on broken penny zinc at the top of the web page.
http://members.mrtc.com/anvk/cryogenics/cryogenics.html

[SilverEye]

That was a very interesting read.

[galenrog]

Could it be a clipped planchet? I have found several examples of nicks and one dime with this error type that are regularly passed on to a willing nearby collector. Check the small section of the Red Book or to a quick Google or Yahoo search and you should find sufficient info to give you a good idea of what actually caused the damage.