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Valued Member
Australia
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Why would anyone do it? Any guesses? And secondly why would anyone buy it? [sorry that question is for my shrink]   |
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Moderator
 Australia
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Bored guy with tools. If the coin is pre-1945, you can call it "trench art".
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
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Valued Member
 Australia
236 Posts |
I will get my tools out and change the 50 into a 40 and sell it as trench art, you are a genius sap. I might as well come clean with this one too and get all the headshaking out of the way ay once.  Anyone familiar with the Australian half florin?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That is what your left with after taxes.
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Valued Member
Australia
236 Posts |
Ha Ha Good one.  Might be a smaller slice than that left very soon, if Hockey is allowed to run amok we may soon have only an Australian Quarter Florin. |
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Valued Member
Australia
121 Posts |
Nice coins Darge !
I can tell you what happebed to theyour florin- it been hit by the councul lawn mover. I do metal detecting of coins and dug quite a few of these halves over the time.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Here's some cool ones..  |
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Valued Member
Australia
236 Posts |
Thanks zic, I will post an edge view of the coin and see if you feel it is still the case. It was the edge that sucked me in. lol Hey pennyman007 are they all genuine? I might buy them too for my retirement fund. lol  |
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Valued Member
Australia
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That pic is a bit small sorry.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1041 Posts |
darge nice coin what's the other side look like
well made in the shed but I do like it
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Valued Member
Australia
236 Posts |
Just like to let everyone know that the seller made an instant refund when I pointed out that this was Post Mint Damage. [without requiring the coin to be returned] They were extremely polite and apologetic, I won't hesitate to trade with them again. |
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Valued Member
Australia
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You're right, edge is a bit different, looks interesting)
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Valued Member
Australia
236 Posts |
The seller who refunded was the 1950 penny seller incidentally, not the half florin.
Hi! Shane probably is a shed job but would it have to be laser/plasma cut to produce that edge? [not that I know anything about either]
Would fetch a better price if the piece removed was considerably less.
Does anyone know what the edge of a strip that the planchets are cut from looks like?
I am probably deluding myself but I'm hoping that this could be a straight edge clip.
So not a typical edge for a mower cut coin zic?
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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The penny is just rubbish & the half coin is interesting but if it were a real straight egde clip why/how would it have had that much circulation ?
& the trench art coins are cool pennyman007
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1590 Posts |
It could still be trench art. Korean War Trench Art. Probably someone just bored or trying out their new found engraving technique.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Definitely not engraved, it is hammered with a very crude non-polished punch. Nein, no lazer Mistah Powahz.
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