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George V Halfpenny With One Side Totally Blank

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 Posted 05/11/2013  11:36 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add AlexG to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi all,

I've just found this coin. I think it's a George V Halfpenny. As you can see from the picture, one side is normally defined, but the other is totally blank.

I don't know much about this, but it does not look this this blank side has been milled or sanded. I know that sometimes coins have a face removed for mounting, etc. but the edge on this side is well defined and does not give this impression.

Could this be a mint error? Does anyone have any experience with this type of coin?

Help very much appreciated, thanks.


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 Posted 05/11/2013  12:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add alganbagerap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
This is the most common reason:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shove_ha'penny
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 Posted 05/11/2013  1:34 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add peter1234 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
yep
My board belonged to my grandfather and I have several half pennies like that from Bun Vickies to George V.
All highly polished.
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 Posted 05/11/2013  3:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bpoc1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
AlexG
When I read Alganbagerap post, my first impression was shuffle board.
Alex, this is a very knowledgeable site. A lot of GB people are members to CCF.
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Thanks very much for your responses - I stand corrected, I hadn't heard of smoothing off coins for this game before!
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