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Looks like a bottle top has been used on the obverse and has been used to grind the reverse in a circular motion  |
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Yeah , now that I look at it more , I think your right . Still wierd looking .
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Looks like someone got bored at the pub and did this on top of a beer bottle  |
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Trout it does seem like that.. But I have never seen a bottle cap smaller then a penny.
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Obverse looks as though it was placed on a headstock of a lathe(the centre has a single point, and a circle of teeth). This could also explain the circular damage on the reverse.
just my Nickel.
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Back a number of months ago there was a guy on ebay selling a 1962 penny with an odd half moon/chicken scratch marking, very similar to that seen on the obverse of your penny, and he was trying to claim it as a "rare" error. The marks on his coin were closer to the rim, and it sat for a long time with no takers at $150. Myself, I think he was out to lunch on his pricing, but it's unusual to see a second coin with those marks. If memory serves he was trying to make it out to be some sort of mint error, but it looked like PMD to me. I'm not sure if it's still on the 'bay, but if it is I'll post a link to it. |
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Like Middross said about grinding in a lathe, but on a mini one. The back could have been placed in the jaws of the chuck and grinded agansed a opened chuck in the tail stock, and the front would have the chuck in tail stock, more closed. It also would probably be a slow rpm because, it looks like a mashing ring where its would grind.
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Ha! and I thought I knew nothing about coins. OK, I do know nothing about coins. What I do know about them, though, is that when an old Triumph blows her welch plug and spacer half way to your destination, you jammed her all back together with whatever change you had in your pocket and carried on your way. For those who eventually got around to a proper repair, a coin looking like that would be your reward.....
My guess is that you are looking at someones makeshift machine repair. Gear teeth on one side, machine case on the other.
That reminds me, I really should order a welsh plug for my Bonneville and retrieve that nickle.....
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Posted 03/25/2013 8:53 pm
