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New Member
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what does the other side look like?
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New Member
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you are looking a both sides. one side have the p looking like it was burned in.
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Pillar of the Community
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Some sort of Slug Coin, you say it is size of a nickel...
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New Member
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i don't think it is a slug. looks like a copper or brass .here is photo of the edge.., got it out of a nickel roll. one in in diameter.   |
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this planchet weigh 6.4 grams
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To find out what it is, you would need to ask the person who stamped the "PCG" there. They might be the initials of the person, or of a company or organization. It might have been made for use as a token of some kind, it might have been made for some other non-numismatic reason entirely (for example, one of those discs they put down as ball markers on golf courses).
Someone, probably long after the artifact was made, found it, noticed it was roughly nickel-sized, and decided it could be used as a slug in a roll of nickels.
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
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Bedrock of the Community
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It's a counterstamp. Not sure if you have a slug or a coin.
Errers and Varietys.
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@char, can you please confirm that a magnet is not attracted to this piece? Thx.
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New Member
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a magnet will not stick to it. I think it is brass or bronze. going to have to test it out on a piece of brass and bronze to find out what it is. .oh, by the way, it came out of a quarter roll. it is the exact same size as a quarter. foreign possibly. at 6.4 grams.
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Wow, I just finished reading up on counterstamp coins,and found out that it could be worth a lot of money to the right collector. thanks for the identity of this coin. just don't know what to do with it now..
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Counterstamped coins can be worth quite a bit, if the origin of the counterstamp is known. Unknown counterstamps are just "damaged coins". And blank pieces of metal with stamps on them, like this piece, are much the same; if the stamps can be identified as being from a specific location and purpose, then there may be value and collector interest. Otherwise, it's just a random piece of metal with random stamps on it.
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
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I see no 'proto rim' from the upsetting mill on this so it is not a planchet, just a blank
Edited by Dearborn
01/24/2024 07:17 am
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New Member
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thanks everyone for the info. I like Sap's comment also. maybe I will get in touch with PCG. THANKS A LOT
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Pillar of the Community
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Here's some PCG companies for you to check..(I was bored),
PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC (stock symbol)
PHILIPINNES COAST GUARD
PENTECOSTAL CHURCH of GOD
POPULAR COMBATANTS GROUP (Ecuador) sounds like a fun group
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