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Valued Member
United States
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Valued Member
 United States
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Here's the date on obverse side  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hobo penny, they didn't quite flatten the memorial on the back
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Valued Member
United States
183 Posts |
More letters part of IN GOD WE TRUST   |
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 United States
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Yes sort of a modern day hobo penny, although rather than carving the metal to create the design, it looks like both sides were re-struck. Perhaps someone is using US cents to make pirate party tokens? I'd probably save it for the novelty.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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As Gincoin stated, it is someone's attempt at making a Hobo Cent.
Just not a very good job.
Doesn't really add any value unless you can find someone who collects them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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More letters part of IN GOD WE TRUST It's still a Hobo penny |
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Valued Member
United States
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Thanks for the quick reply, I was hoping that I was a mint error. Penny struck on a foreign planchet.
You guys are awesome
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Some people have way too much time on their hands.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 to the CCF! With the amount of detail left over from the original strike and the fact that the copper layer hasn't been broken, I think it's a pressed cent, not a hobo cent. ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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I think it's a pressed cent, not a hobo cent.  Basically, like, you know elongated coins? That, just not elongated. (It might well have actually been struck with actual dies.) |
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United States
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Interesting find.  |
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