Posted 05/22/2010 10:43 pm
I have seen reeds cut into the edge of coins for many reasons. I have even seen teeth tooled into a US Large Cent so it would substitute for a gear - but I am always suspicious of intent when shallow reeds are added to a low denomination coin.
Are there any traces of silvering? This could be a quick and crude attempt to make a centavo pass as a higher denomination. Perhaps mixed in with 20 centavo coins that did have reeded edges?
Or am I too suspicious of people's motives?
Are there any traces of silvering? This could be a quick and crude attempt to make a centavo pass as a higher denomination. Perhaps mixed in with 20 centavo coins that did have reeded edges?
Or am I too suspicious of people's motives?
