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Large Cent Damage?

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 Posted 11/12/2010  10:25 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add odentheviking to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hello All,
As I stated before I collect alot of damaged and holed coins, pre-1860's. I use these for teaching, actually putting them in the kids hands, so I try and pick them up "cheap!".

Most of the Large Cent coins I have,(1830's to 1850's), have odd chisel and/or punch marks on them. Some are on the stars or other artwork, but most of these marks/damage have no pattern I can see.

I know that when using a chisel to cut something, you want a softer back stop to not damage the chisel. Did people really use Large Cents as a tool stop? Why do they have this damage?

p.s. The best Large Cent I ever got was from a co-worker's wife that works in a bank. She was opening a roll of customer quarters and there it was! PB
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 Posted 11/12/2010  10:32 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Libertad to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
They're also used as door locks (wedge a few in between the frame and the door). :)
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 Posted 11/12/2010  5:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add upstate to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Check out the post by "nowyouknow" in modern coins/holed coins.
It may be what your looking for.
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 Posted 11/12/2010  9:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add odentheviking to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks Upstate, That was great information. I have about a dozen damaged Large Cents and a couple are holed in the centers and a couple are holed on the top, but I was mostly wondering why there are clear chesil marks on the other 6 to 8 cents when I have not seen odd, no pattern chisel marks on any other type coins.

Maybe there is no real answer to this one. Thanks, Paul.
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 Posted 11/13/2010  8:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Pistareen to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I heard that some Large Cents that have cut marks my have come from sailors. Called "Chaw Pennies" on board wooden boats if you need to cut something small with you pocket knife, it better not be cut against the wooden railing or deck which splinter. Sailors would hold a cent or penny in the palm of their hand and cut dried tobacco twists or perhaps rope using the coin as a cutting board.
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 Posted 11/13/2010  9:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add odentheviking to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Wow Pistareen! never heard that one before. But I do know that for early sailors having a knife was a big no-no. Thanks!
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