8 Years Later... And I Still Don't Know What The Heck This Is.

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coinpictures Valued Member United States 55 Posts	Posted 10/27/2016 09:24 am Commentary and photos from 2008 on another forum when I acquired it; never did get a good answer as to what exactly it is and/or why someone would have created it. Any ideas? Got this in the mail today. After spending time examining the coin extensively with both a 10x loupe and my USB microscope, I'm pretty convinced the third farthing image is counterstamped and not machined. This would imply that whomever did the counterstamp had one of the third farthing dies. From the full coin shots, it looks like there might be a gap between the counterstamp and the host coin, meaning the penny could have been machined and a plug with the third farthing reverse inserted, but I cannot actually detect any gap, hence my including the closeup shots taken via microscope. You can see that there are no seams between the counterstamp and the host. If it was machined and plugged, the tolerances used were very tight. Definitely weird. But cool... And follow-up after some discussion: Coin weighs 8.93 grams, according to my scale, which according to Krause, is about a half gram light (should be 9.45 grams). So apparently it is machined, although how or why is beyond me... Report this Post to the Staff

eagle_eye_18 Valued Member United States 449 Posts	Posted 10/27/2016 10:35 am I am going to say machined then press fit. On your closeup I see evidence of lathe work probably from a counterbore operation. Report this Post to the Staff
UltraRant Pillar of the Community Norway 1358 Posts	Posted 10/27/2016 10:50 am Given that the obverse seems authentic for a 1917 one penny coin, my initial guess would be a counterstamped one penny, where the counterstamp seem to be the reverse of a one third farthing, maybe even using a one third farthing reverse die. Not sure if the reverse of the penny was 'prepared' with a drill before being counterstamped, though. Report this Post to the Staff
Buddy Rest in Peace United States 7075 Posts	Posted 10/27/2016 1:57 pm I thought I had this all figured out until I checked the dates. I thought, perhaps, it was the product of some mint shenanigans. But the dates don't allow for that. I suppose it was just machine shop fun for somebody. People do weird stuff to coins. Report this Post to the Staff
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