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Greece
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hay guys , I found this , any ideas what it could be besides a coin , what might it have been used fot thanks   |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That is a US Large Cent fashioned into a pie crimper, used for putting a textured edge on the crust of a pie. |
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 United States
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I agree with the above analyses. Neat item!
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Pillar of the Community
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Quote:That is a US Large Cent fashioned into a pie crimper, used for putting a textured edge on the crust of a pie. Cool looking tool. I was going to guess also a dough crimper like when making perogis or ravioli. Kinda like this one:  Edited by Mark1959
05/11/2017 4:29 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Putting your money where your mouth is?
Edited by Coinfrog
05/11/2017 4:41 pm
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United States
4078 Posts |
How about a pizza cutter?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i think it's to small for a pizza cutter. but I may have to think about making one from a ike. I heard jbuck like pizza
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1695 Posts |
That is really strange. Can you see any of the date around the hole?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4211 Posts |
I am thinking a pie crimper as well.
My Grandmother had a little tool that looked a lot like that one.
But not with a coin. Very cool find!
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United States
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I have one also...   Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Canada
10743 Posts |
Wow.!!, have never seen anything like that.  |
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United States
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Quote:
Putting your money where your mouth is?  Where do you come up with these stuff? These crimpers look pretty neat. Edited by Coconutjoe
05/12/2017 06:19 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4591 Posts |
First off large cents were often used as ic they were simple copper discs as the foundation of an improvised tool.
Second when they were pulled out of circulation (post 1857) they were sold to scrap dealers as copper by the barrel.
The Penny Lady, Charmy, had an article in the Numismatist last year on these. And a wonderful exhibit if you happened to catch it.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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You usually see just the coin. Finding the entire tool is much tougher. Somewhere out the there is one made from a 1793. I've seen pictures of it but it was a LONG time ago.
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United States
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That is VERY collectable!
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Posted 05/11/2017 3:18 pm
