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Pillar of the Community
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 to the CCF! Yeah, that doesn't make a lot of sense, but you have to wonder what the coin looked like before they started to alter it. It could have been damaged on the obverse and was only worth the melt value. This looks like part of something like a belt buckle or jewelry. I've seen an image of a Western style belt that had old coins attached with a coin every inch or so. That damaged 20 or 30 Morgan dollars, as I remember. I've even seen a Hobo Nickel carved into a 1918/17 Buffalo nickel. It may have been just a nickel at the time it was modified, but it sure hurts to see it now! ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I've seen these done with several different coins, including Morgan silver dollars and (notably) St. Gaudens $20 gold piecres. This particular one is quite amateurish. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Here's an image of an altered coin that's really well done, but still hurts the soul of a coin collector.  ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!!
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Forum Dad
United States
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Here's an image of an altered coin that's really well done, but still hurts the soul of a coin collector. Gorgeous, I'm curious if that has ever been sold? |
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United States
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huge shame on that walker - no matter what shape it was in before the disfiguring started.
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Australia
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There are companies that happily turn old coins into watches for you. Here's an Australian company that specialises in it, as you can tell from the "Coinwatch" name. I'm sure there are plenty of American equivalents. While "junk" coins are being bought and sold in bulk for scrap metal value, the practice of turning them into other artwork will continue. If coin collectors don't like it, they should put their money where their mouth is, and be prepared to pay significantly more than the scrap metal merchants for "junk silver". Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've seen these for years now.
A friend of mine bought a couple.
You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Some people just ain't got no couth.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Here's an image of an altered coin that's really well done, but still hurts the soul of a coin collector. Even though sadly damaged, I guess it is at least better than an ugly counter stamp or graffiti. The engraving was well done. |
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United States
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Valued Member
United States
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I've seen ads for a bell made from a Morgan. While I'd like to have one, I won't buy one unless I'm sure it was made using a replica.
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10/08/2023 7:23 pm
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Forum Dad
United States
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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VF details, machine-damaged and tooled.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Whomever did this was not a coin collector, but they did appreciate art.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2233 Posts |
The appearance of that one screams fake. Like one of the ones you can get on the forty thieves site.
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