1967 penny elongated colons

[terrysoldpennies]

The normal colons found on 1960s pennies are round, but a few I have found have an oval shape.  So far, I have only found them on 1965s 66s and on 1967s, with the most extreme example being on the 1967 shown below. The oval types are fairly scarce, but as far as I can tell the elongated 1967 must be rare, as no other penny found by me was anywhere near as long.  I'm lost as to what may cause this to occur, but I think it must be something during the manufacturing process , as It seems very unlikely that its a design change from the normal round colons.  Terry

[PWA 1967]

I assume you have looked under a microscope Terry is it not just a double struck colon ?

[terrysoldpennies]

2 hours ago, PWA 1967 said:

I assume you have looked under a microscope Terry is it not just a double struck colon ?

That's a really good point Pete, so I've had another good look, and there's no sign of any doubling at all . The only thing I can think of is that during the finishing off at the top of the die, the action of machining across the die, may have elongated the tiny holes, creating long colons radiate outwards from the centre.  ???   The doubling of the letters in the picture is just a reflection . Terry

Edited August 17, 2017 by terrysoldpennies

[Cliff]

I have a bag of forty one 1967 Pennies, majority AUnc or so, collected from change from different parts of the country. Whilst not as pronounced as Terry's example, I reckon the colon between DEI and GRATIA is oval shaped.  The remaining 13 examples are circular, or not far off.  I haven't looked at any of the other colons in any detail, just skimmed and, apart from the colon before DEI (which seems to be a little 'out of shape' on the odd occasion) they all seem to be circular. I haven't looked at any other year.

Do the attached examples qualify or are they 'fault in progress'?

Cliff

 

[Peter]

Gents we are clutching at straws here.

Has anyone managed 654,564,000 identical farts? 

[Rob]

1 hour ago, Peter said:

Gents we are clutching at straws here.

Has anyone managed 654,564,000 identical farts? 

Brilliant. I like it - a lot.

 

[terrysoldpennies]

14 hours ago, Peter said:

Gents we are clutching at straws here.

Has anyone managed 654,564,000 identical farts? 

Wow, you could power the British economy on that  many Farts.    Terry