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Apollo Pillar of the Community Canada 1610 Posts	Posted 10/29/2011 6:34 pm Weird, the obverse is all worn and the reverse is really nice, what gives. Stuck through grease... Report this Post to the Staff

rexvictor Valued Member United States 115 Posts	Posted 10/29/2011 11:14 pm I'm not sure what kind of mint error accounts for the reverse, but it looks like a 1950s Mexico 5 centavos. Report this Post to the Staff
amida17 Pillar of the Community United States 4897 Posts	Posted 10/29/2011 11:19 pm lack of the rim leads me to think not a mint error. sat on the ground obverse up and took alot of abuse?...IMO Report this Post to the Staff
dosmundos Valued Member Germany 194 Posts	Posted 10/31/2011 06:49 am I go with Amida17 - this is not a minting error, but heavy wear. You can see scratches as well. Report this Post to the Staff
Apollo Pillar of the Community Canada 1610 Posts	Posted 10/31/2011 5:44 pm Wow then, somebody wasted a lot of their time rubbing this guys face, lol! Report this Post to the Staff
swamperbob Pillar of the Community United States 5362 Posts	Posted 11/02/2011 11:55 pm When I was a kid - about 6 years old I found a very similar coin on a dirt footpath in the woods. The top surface had been worn 100% smooth with no hint of a design left but the down facing side would grade Fine - it was a US V nickel. How it had stayed there unobserved for years always amazed me. I still have it someplace. If the coin was laying on pavement the scratches and grooves would be far deeper. Report this Post to the Staff
Apollo Pillar of the Community Canada 1610 Posts	Posted 11/03/2011 10:13 am This reminds me of something I did when I was 5 or 6. I was in my mum's room and saw a 5 dollar bill sticking out of her purse. Now, my dad told me before that he looked in the forest and found some money that people dropped in the woods. So I took the 5 dollar bill, shouted to my mum that I was going to go look for money in the woods, stepped outside for 2 seconds, came back in and told my mum what I ``found``. She remembered that she had a five dollar bill like that in her purse and also it had been raining a lot and I was completely dry so I was caught. So now she tells that story to everyone at Christmas every year Report this Post to the Staff
harrison2 Pillar of the Community Mexico 1304 Posts	Posted 11/03/2011 10:22 am I just saw a coin "collection" that was embedded in the counter at a hardware store here in Mexico. The top of the coins were all extrememly worn, but I'll bet you if you pulled em up they'd look just like this coin. Report this Post to the Staff
fcrazo Pillar of the Community United States 651 Posts	Posted 11/15/2011 01:03 am I'm with Harrison2, it could have been embedded on to something may be a pool table or a gaming table. I don't think this was out in the open and exposed to the elements. The reverse doesn't show any severe pitting or scratches. Report this Post to the Staff
Unique Antique Gallery New Member United Arab Emirates 13 Posts	Posted 12/12/2011 04:03 am I think this coin has very bad scratches that affect it's beauty & distort the image drawn there. Report this Post to the Staff
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