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t501tx New Member United States 26 Posts	Posted 11/02/2017 3:55 pm Here is something interesting and unusual that I have had for years. It is a 16mm bronze, 2.7g but everything on both sides is indented and a a bit crude. Was someone trying to make a die? Report this Post to the Staff

IvoThunder New Member Bulgaria 5 Posts	Posted 11/02/2017 4:00 pm lol strange Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 11/02/2017 5:10 pm Looks like someone tried to enhance the the details on a worn coin. It's called tooling. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34427 Posts	Posted 11/02/2017 5:29 pm Ron, just trying to learn here... If this coin was tooled, why would they remove so much material as to make the coin's details and inscriptions incuse? I've just never seen that before. If this was a US cent that had this sort of features, I'm pretty sure that the concensus would be a so-called vise job. A coin (or blank) is squished between two other coins, thus partly transfering incuse and backward details onto the middle flan. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16849 Posts	Posted 11/02/2017 5:55 pm It could well be a contemporary counterfeit - someone who made a fake coin in ancient times, just by squeezing a blank piece of lead or similar soft metal between two genuine coins. Such a fake is called a "lead slug". 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
t501tx New Member United States 26 Posts	Posted 11/02/2017 6:23 pm It does not appear to be lead or anything that soft or pliable. It is as the pics show, a sandy brown color texture over metal. Edited by t501tx 11/02/2017 7:49 pm Report this Post to the Staff
augustus1 Pillar of the Community United States 549 Posts	Posted 11/02/2017 7:18 pm My guess is that in spite of appearances, it is an old impression in some substance that is not metal. I would have thought clay but @t510tx says not. It is far too weak to serve as a die. I just think someone was having fun making an impression and somehow it didn't get destroyed and now, many years later, we are puzzling over it. Report this Post to the Staff
t501tx New Member United States 26 Posts	Posted 11/02/2017 7:24 pm I thought it was a rough camp gate until I made a clay impression... it is Victory reverse Report this Post to the Staff
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