1971 UK New Penny With Number Pressed

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zuzgie New Member United Kingdom 1 Posts	Posted 09/30/2018 1:36 pm Hello! I found interesting UK new penny dated 1971 with number 57 pressed on it. Can anyone advice on the origin of the number pressed into coin and potential value? Thank you ! Report this Post to the Staff

Anaximander Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 709 Posts	Posted 09/30/2018 1:46 pm Welcome to the forum. 1p and 2p coins are a cheap source of metal discs for home projects. I have known them used as weights for cloth hems, weights in bases of model soldiers, game counters, and even a home-made cosh made out of a stack of 2p coins. This number is post mint damage, and it is almost impossible to identify marks like this. Anyone with basic tools could have made it for almost any reason. As to financial value, not much I'm afraid, but still interesting. Report this Post to the Staff
peter1234 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1351 Posts	Posted 09/30/2018 2:13 pm A Heinz penny Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5246 Posts	Posted 09/30/2018 2:19 pm Anyone can get a set a metal punches for very little, and hammer anything onto a coin. Thus the significance cannot be known unless the creator chose to tell people. Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21631 Posts	Posted 09/30/2018 7:15 pm It's known as a counterstamp. There is a thread for them if you want to post it on there. http://goccf.com/t/126486 Report this Post to the Staff
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