Rockwell test? Found this old 1934 silver quarter with a “Rockwell 2”
Oldsilver209
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I’m by no means a coin collector, just a silver hoarder.
In my opinion, this appears to have been counter-stamped into an already circulated coin. Regardless, it is my experience that the Rockwell test was done with a punch and not with letters.
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Was never, ever an hardness rockwell test as this. Just an after Mint counter stamped.
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Thanks for the input!:) into the scrap bucket it goes.
It is by no means scrap. As a counterstamped coin it has at least a small premium (or more).
Might warrant some research. Political or store card?
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It's not unusual for someone who is working in an industry that uses punches to mark machine parts to try those punches out on some of their pocket change. I think that this is what happened here.
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I could see someone using coins made of various metals as test subjects during a classroom lecture on Rockwell hardness testing. My guess is that it received its counterstamp in a college lecture hall or laboratory.
I had a couple of coins with the rockwell test marks. Don't know what happened to them, but here is an example of what the test marks looked like on mine.
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