Posted 06/19/2013 6:12 pm
It's not a "cancellation" mark; as Wikipedia says, these coins were never redeemed or cancelled; any officially pulled from circulation after 1696 would be withdrawn and melted down, not mutilated like this. No, this is some kind of unofficial marking, for later use as a token or for some other now-forgotten purpose.
What's left of the month-date can still be seen, above the A of FRA on the reverse. I think it's "Dec."?
What's left of the month-date can still be seen, above the A of FRA on the reverse. I think it's "Dec."?
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
