How Can An Object Shaped Like An Apple Be Considered A Coin?

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MachinMachinMan Pillar of the Community Australia 1985 Posts	Posted 05/14/2025 01:17 am https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces425640.html Can someone remind me what the definition of a coin is... Edited by MachinMachinMan 05/14/2025 01:19 am Report this Post to the Staff

Marv65 Bedrock of the Community United States 10484 Posts	Posted 05/14/2025 01:51 am I guess coins can take any shape - LOL! NIMBLE SNAKE Gilded Lunar Year 1 Oz Silver Coin Report this Post to the Staff
Marv65 Bedrock of the Community United States 10484 Posts	Posted 05/14/2025 01:55 am Remember, the Chinese started this a long time ago Chinese "Spade" coins....... Report this Post to the Staff
HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 24977 Posts	Posted 05/14/2025 08:21 am How about this bullet money from Thailand? Thailand 1 Fuang (date?) Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34396 Posts	Posted 05/14/2025 08:59 am Can't fit those apples into a 2x2, but maybe a 2x2x2 instead. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
barryg Pillar of the Community United States 5839 Posts	Posted 05/14/2025 09:15 am If it's produced by a mint and has a monetary value engraved on it, I suppose it can be considered a "coin," although the reality is that novelties like this are not meant to ever be spent and likely wouldn't be accepted as payment if you ever tried to spend them. Obviously, an apple is at the extreme end, but it's not all that different in concept from the "cylinder" coin I purchased awhile back: Expanded Digital U.S. Type Set Album \| Dansco 8100 (Lincon Cents) Album \| Digital Proof Type Set \| Digital U.S. Currency Type Set \| Foreign Bullion Coins Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 05/14/2025 09:27 am Quote: How Can An Object Shaped Like An Apple Be Considered A Coin? No. No, no, no, no. NO! 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
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 05/14/2025 09:29 am Quote: Obviously, an apple is at the extreme end, but it's not all that different in concept from the "cylinder" coin I purchased awhile back: You are wrong! You are literally comparing apples and ~~oranges~~ cylinders. The cylinder coin hits. The apple "coin" does not hit. Simple as that. 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
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5239 Posts	Posted 05/14/2025 11:37 am The Royal Canadian Mint has, for a number of years, been making the weird and wonderful and calling them coins. A starship Enterprise shaped coin is a good example. I've given up asking questions, but stick with smiling to myself when the item is seen. Report this Post to the Staff
Sharks Pillar of the Community Canada 1761 Posts	Posted 05/14/2025 12:38 pm Often I wonder who purchases these "coins", why, and what do they do with them. The RCM continues to make money from such items! Report this Post to the Staff
Keith67 Pillar of the Community United States 6507 Posts	Posted 05/14/2025 12:49 pm Because they're fun Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 05/14/2025 1:32 pm Quote: Because they're fun 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
Dearborn Moderator United States 94892 Posts	Posted 05/14/2025 1:41 pm This 'coin' uses up 400 grams of copper to produce.. Quote: Composition Copper (.999) Weight 400 g Size 80 × 80 × 85 mm Shape Sculptural (Apple) From Numista. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
jacrispies Pillar of the Community United States 3848 Posts	Posted 05/14/2025 1:55 pm I suppose if you can do a coin flip with it, it can be considered a coin. Otherwise, it is just "money." Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955 Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7934 Posts	Posted 05/14/2025 1:58 pm Quote: the "cylinder" coin I purchased awhile back: Most coins are disks, which are cylinders, just with different aspect ratio. The apple is, of course, absurd. But so is the idea of hanging a currency and denomination on an object never meant to be used as money, but only to be looked at as a "collectibe." But there are many absurd business ideas that make someone a lot of money, so as long as there is a market, they will persist. Chaq'un a son gout. Report this Post to the Staff
triggersmob Pillar of the Community Australia 9375 Posts	Posted 05/14/2025 4:47 pm How am I going to fit that in a 2x2? Report this Post to the Staff
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