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I found this coin in my father's collection after he passed away. Does anyone know how this reverse upside down strike could have happened and if it has any value?  Edited by lilybee888
04/24/2019 10:17 am
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 to CCF. We will need photos please. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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To get the "IND" that way round it must have been another penny rammed into the one you have. This may have happened in the mint, but far more likely Post Mint damage - two coins in a vice as suggested. The fact that there is some evidence of another set of lettering above the "IND" on a different orientation makes this almost certain. |
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Agree vise job more likely due where it impression is strongest plus inverted and not all the way around the coin.
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 I remember as a kid putting two pennies together and dropping a big weight on them to press part of the design of one onto the other! I'm afraid old UK pennies got quite abused - such a large coin with such a low face value! Edited by NumisRob
04/25/2019 03:34 am
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I remember one of the favourite games was to put one on a rail line and watch a train go over it. If all went well it came out about twice the size, but if not could end up bent and twisted.
PC require Health and Safety statement: "Do not try this at home!"
Killjoys.
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Use to get the old swan vesta match heads and put them between 2x 1d's and give them a sharp tap with a hammer.
Aviation fuel for model planes was another favorite.
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Yes - I used to do that one too! The biggest bang though was getting a tight fitting double bolt and nut, putting the red-head match compound in the middle and tightening it up as far as you dared. When you dropped it the extra pressure detonated the match head blowing the bolts apart with a very satisfying explosion!
We gave that on up after one of the gang tightened a big bolt-banger too far and it went off in his hand. He lost a thumb and half a finger, and we lost interest in that game. Maybe Health and Safety do have a point?
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