Post em if you got em! Anomaly‘s & Bizarre Coins

CRH4LIFE · January 24, 2020 10:13AM

Curious if anyone here has any coins or items related to Numismatics that leaves them scratching there head. Maybe ever so minor maybe not. If you got em share some! Here is mine when I first entered the hobby or not long after. To this day a solid answer was not given nor agreed upon.

Walkerguy21D · January 24, 2020 10:17AM

I have a nickel somewhere that has a very similar shaped object on the reverse.
I'll need to try to look for it later.

This one had me puzzled for a long time. It came from a very large estate I bought out years ago. It was in an old 2x2, marked 'valuable?' Couldn't find anything on it, misplaced it for about 10 years, then came across it recently and posted it on the Foreign and Ancients forum.
The conclusion seems to be that was an old button!

DCW · January 24, 2020 11:17AM

That may be an air pocket from the copper layer over zinc that can be popped with a toothpick.

toyz4geo · January 24, 2020 1:13PM

When I first looked, I thought it was a small hubcap from a 1957 Chevy.

CRH4LIFE · January 24, 2020 1:35PM

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CRH4LIFE · January 24, 2020 1:37PM

Yes it could have been. Although I gave several people permission to poke and prod including Mr.Potter who has the coin in hand and it did not alter the object on the coin. (I also did so with a Bobby pin or something metal at the time) Bc I was in experienced > @DCW said:

That may be an air pocket from the copper layer over zinc that can be popped with a toothpick.

@DCW said:
That may be an air pocket from the copper layer over zinc that can be popped with a toothpick.

CRH4LIFE · January 24, 2020 1:39PM

That is some button! Could they establish a time period for it? > @Walkerguy21D said:

I have a nickel somewhere that has a very similar shaped object on the reverse.
I'll need to try to look for it later.

This one had me puzzled for a long time. It came from a very large estate I bought out years ago. It was in an old 2x2, marked 'valuable?' Couldn't find anything on it, misplaced it for about 10 years, then came across it recently and posted it on the Foreign and Ancients forum.
The conclusion seems to be that was an old button!

mbogoman · January 24, 2020 1:39PM

@CRH4LIFE said:
Curious if anyone here has any coins or items related to Numismatics that leaves them scratching there head. Maybe ever so minor maybe not. If you got em share some! Here is mine when I first entered the hobby or not long after. To this day a solid answer was not given nor agreed upon.

Clearly a Homunculus!