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New Member
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Hi I have this 1850 large cent but the edge is not like any in the books. Is this a legitimate coin or a fake? Thanks Norm Image Insert: |
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Its looks like one someone carved on the rim
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It's a legitimite coin, its just been "worked" on after it left the mint.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I agree its some form of post mint damage to a original coin but I have no idea why someone would actually do something like that to it unless they were getting ready to make a necklace or something like that out of the coin and wanted to give it a little character to draw the eye towards it.
Edit: I said its a authentic coin but I am only going by what I can see and really shouldn't have said that without seeing the whole Obverse and Reverse of the coin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've seen large cents like that before that were attached to a handle and it would be used to make pie crusts with it. I'm guessing that someone made this one for this purpose.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Wow! that would be a bite sized pie
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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When they do that it is to use it as a crimping wheel to seal the edge of the top crust to the bottom one. I've seen several as well including one made from a 1793 chain cent.
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New Member
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Pillar of the Community
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There we go, Condor got it right. I don't cook, so I figured that was used to make the edges of the pie.
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New Member
United States
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I really liked the PIE idea, so I showed the coin to my wife who was not impressed and showed me one that she uses to make home made noddles
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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so they roll a dirty old penny on a nice fresh hand made pie?
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Bedrock of the Community
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I really liked the PIE idea, so I showed the coin to my wife who was not impressed and showed me one that she uses to make home made noddles
She uses a coin to make homemade noodles?  |
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New Member
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Yepper and a fine job she doe's
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Posted 11/29/2007 4:34 pm
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