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WVUcoins Valued Member United States 141 Posts	Posted 09/23/2012 8:55 pm Hello, I have a well circulated 1873 penny that in hand appears to be multi-sided not round like all the other 1873 pennies I have seen. Did they make different styles of this coin? Hopefully the this scan will illustrate better what I am trying to explain. It is not a great picture but you can see the different sides. Thanks in advance for any comments. Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16849 Posts	Posted 09/23/2012 11:13 pm No, Britain has never made polygonal pennies. This coin has simply been reshaped by hitting the edge in numerous places. It's happened too many times for it to be "accidental", so I'd assume it was deliberately done, by someone with too much time on their hands. In other words, it's post-mint damage. Sorry. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
WVUcoins Valued Member United States 141 Posts	Posted 09/23/2012 11:28 pm Sap, Thanks for your thoughts. I thought it might be PMD as well but the sides are all very smooth. No signs of being hit in any way. I thought it might have been caused by a problem with the die. At each spot where the extra sides appears to be there is also what appears to be extra wear around the rim. As if the die was clogged or something similar. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16849 Posts	Posted 09/24/2012 12:34 am Quote: At each spot where the extra sides appears to be there is also what appears to be extra wear around the rim. As if the die was clogged or something similar. No, that's from signs of the metal being deformed at that point. The coin has been made thicker there by whatever means the edge knocks were applied - I said "hitting", but it could just as easily have been done in a vice or some similar means of slow, squeezing pressure. These new thicker spots became artificial "high points", attracting wear. And this coin clearly saw some "wear", either from circulation or something else, after the edge knocks were applied. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
ilikeikes Pillar of the Community United States 1205 Posts	Posted 09/24/2012 12:53 am Someone may have started the so-called "spooning" coin, which, when hit with a hard metal spoon(I hear it takes AT LEAST 65 hours minimum to finish!), makes a small, rounded finished jewlery piece...I have a 175 half penny, fully spooned, with grafetti lines, if you guys want pics, let me know...rare to find nice quality, fully spooned coins of the 19th century. Report this Post to the Staff
WVUcoins Valued Member United States 141 Posts	Posted 09/24/2012 12:53 am Thanks again Sap that explanation makes a lot of sense. The high points that would have been created certainly would of worn faster then the rest of the coin. Thanks Derek Report this Post to the Staff
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