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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1431 Posts |
That's definitely among the most interesting damage I've seen done to a coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
917 Posts |
It would be fun to buy an old machine and find that used as a gear.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1007 Posts |
I like it! It has lots of personality.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I've heard of sawbucks before but first time I saw a sawpenny.  I know ... it's a cent not a penny!Quote:
It would be fun to buy an old machine and find that used as a gear. Maybe used in a clock as a replacement gear? |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'd like to meet the person that spent so much time making that thing. Sure had to be for something that parts are just not avalable anymore.
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Valued Member
United States
126 Posts |
that's cool, I've seen someone do something like that with a half dollar, but never on somthing that old
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
4411 Posts |
That is fantastic! imagine the story behind it
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2295 Posts |
That is one interesting cent. It was probably done well over a 100 years ago. I think it is worth a couple of dollars or so, but not worth much more than that. If you like it, then bid on it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's very steam-punk. I can just picture some goggled, Victorian, steam-era inventor machining coins into gears for his gyrothorpe or whatever.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12437 Posts |
A couple years ago, my local shop's bid board had a 3 Cent Silver that was carved into a gear. It was a tiny little thing and someone bid it up to $20, much higher than my measly $10 bid  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Want to see a bunch of these? Gears |
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Valued Member
United States
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How much did this replacement part cost? Am I going to be the first to say this... Probably around $.01...  and at the time that was probably a bargain... |
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United States
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How cool would it be to have a clock where all the gears were made from coins with teeth cut into them?
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Moderator
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At first I was in shock, but then I started to appreciate it for what it was.
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Posted 04/04/2012 9:35 pm
