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howelm New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 10/27/2013 02:17 am Hi, I came across this 20c coin the other day which has stamped into it the words "Do Not Duplicate" over the Queens head. I have tried searching for something about it on coin sites without success. Any information about it if known would be appreciated. Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 10/27/2013 02:26 am howelm: to the CCF! My guess is, that it is probably a test stamp, but not related to numismatics. Interesting, and for F.V. 20 cents, now a numismatic 'keeper'. Perhaps some wording should have been added: 'ON PENALTY OF DEATH' Edited by sel_69l 10/27/2013 02:29 am Report this Post to the Staff
howelm New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 10/27/2013 02:50 am Thanks Sel, My daughter who found it with me will be disappointed she was hoping for a few dollars for Christmas. I am a stamp collector and she has seen of the things that I have sold on and was looking forward to doing the same. Report this Post to the Staff
spider083 Valued Member Australia 58 Posts	Posted 10/27/2013 03:33 am I have seen this stamped on security keys so my guess is that it is a locksmiths stamp. Report this Post to the Staff
Basil Pillar of the Community Australia 1040 Posts	Posted 10/27/2013 6:59 pm Yep,its a security type thing for Business keys,AFAIK,but probaly used in other applications. Report this Post to the Staff
Nevol Formerly nancyc Australia 5385 Posts	Posted 10/27/2013 7:53 pm Quote: I have seen this stamped on security keys so my guess is that it is a locksmiths stamp ...but still interesting to see it on a coin. life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 10/27/2013 9:17 pm People with punches, dies or other devices intended to stamp a design into metal frequently grab a coin from their pocket when they are looking for a piece of metal to test their device with. A coin is cheap (compared to going out and buying a piece of scrap metal, if you don't happen to have any just lying around) and when you've finished testing with it and provided you haven't mutilated it beyond recognition, you can still spend it. Technically, it's against the law in Australia to vandalize coins like this, but unless the stamp bears some distinctive marking to identify the company or individual responsible, there's nothing the law can do and provided they're not mutilating a whole bunch of coins, there's no real motivation for them to try to hunt down the culprits. 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
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