Rare 5 Cent Irish Coin. Engravings On Top.

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indzsh New Member Ireland 1 Posts	Posted 10/02/2023 02:57 am I found this coin with specific letters and numbers engraved on it just wondering if you would be able to tell me if it means anything ? Or point me in direction to someone who does? Report this Post to the Staff

oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5238 Posts	Posted 10/02/2023 06:41 am Somebody had a set of letter punches and did this. These sets are easily available on ebay. Only the person who did it knows what it means, if it is anything at all. It is now just a damaged coin. Report this Post to the Staff
mrwhatisit Pillar of the Community United States 2953 Posts	Posted 10/02/2023 06:43 am , glad you can ask us! This is an Ireland coin as you said, one of the euros, with a bunch of post mint stamps that someone was playing with... Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16806 Posts	Posted 10/02/2023 07:46 am The stamps are too precisely aligned to be just random punching - whoever put he punches there, intended those specific letters in those places. I'm not entirely sure what "28&CA6Z VN" means, but it meant something to whoever put it there. Irish coins have long been the targets of vandalism by Northern Irish Unionist extremists (and yes, Irish Republicanist extremists do the same to British coins). If I had to guess, this would be my guess as to the origins of the stamping. Whether or not the meaning is ascertained, to a coin collector, the coin is "just a vandalized coin", of minimal interest. It is European Central Bank policy that mutilated coins are "unfit for circulation" and to be withdrawn and destroyed through the local Central Banks in each country. 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
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 10/02/2023 10:22 am to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10034 Posts	Posted 10/02/2023 11:18 am Counterstamped as has been said by many. Sap nailed it entirely. 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 halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Edited by Earle42 10/02/2023 11:19 am Report this Post to the Staff
Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2868 Posts	Posted 10/03/2023 05:41 am Here's an example of a loyalist defaced one which was apparently done in Harland and Wolf shipyard. The republican ones were done somewhere in west Belfast - but I'm not sure where. Back in the 70's and 80's it was possible to pull them from change all the time. My Papal States coin collection: https://diadumenian.com/Papal%20Sta...0States.html Medieval coins collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Europe.html Indian Rupee Collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Rupees.html Minor world Silver: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...20coins.html Report this Post to the Staff
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