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Pillar of the Community
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I found this thing in one of the junk boxes of modern world coins. It glues or something on the reverse this is struck and is not machined. This thing is 2.8 Grams and I see no reeding.   Edited by twohawks
01/24/2022 1:10 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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It is PMDThe obverse has been removed and the rims have been milled off. A 10 cent planchet would only weigh 2.27 g. Yours is too heavy |
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Agreed with PMD. John1  |
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United States
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Looks like a manufactured "error" to me. Not sure it is even worth 25 cents anymore.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Maybe the start of a love token?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like one side of a Magician's coin. Diameter and thickness have been reduced to allow it to fit into the hollowed half of another quarter. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote:Looks like one side of a Magician's coin. Diameter and thickness have been reduced to allow it to fit into the hollowed half of another quarter. I agree with this idea, and being part of a magician; coin might (note that word) also account for the discolored area. Sometimes the magicians coins are tooled to make two headed or two tailed coins. A shell and its insert are made. Since the insert is meant to stay inside the shell, a blob of flux and solder are put between the insert and its shell. Then everything is heated to melt the solder. Somehwere around here I have one that came apart (don't know how). The mark on yours reminded me of it. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Post mint damage. No value, not even 25 cents anymore.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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While I "Kind of Agree" I have a single issue.
The silver area is larger than the copper under it. The scratches on the base are from me trying to scrape the glue that was holding onto a card.
The copper core is a smaller diameter and has no tooling that I can see under a loop. To mill this, you need to secure it to something, and that would leave marks I would think somewhere. The copper core being smaller that the top is an issue as well.
Now I also think something is not right, but the How and the Why is where I am at.
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Bedrock of the Community
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The copper core is a smaller diameter This would suggest damage from an acid that ate at the copper core. |
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I agree with that this is half of a Magician's coin. That would explain the machining and the glue/flux residue. Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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