Tired old roo

Blackhawk

Here's an Australian kangaroo penny that's been carried for some time. I don't see too many world coins that have been used for pocket pieces...apparently this one had some sentimental value, as it wasn't lost in all those years that it took to wear down the detail.

7Jaguars

Put it back in the pocket.

adamlaneus

Yes, you really have to know this series to know what that was on the reverse.

I guess it's time to drill a hole in it and put it on a hat or something.

If you hadn't said what it was, it might have been a good topic for a contest!

Blackhawk

I find worn coins interesting. Some designs look good right to the end, others completely lose their original feel and the figures on them end up looking like someone else. Drill a hole in it...perish the thought. Someone probably carried it faithfully for 50+ years and I could bring myself to drill it after all that. I don't know if I've ever seen another worn out piece from this series. I'll put it in the binder with the rest of the lowball coins and pocket pieces.

adamlaneus

I'm sorry for the hole comment. Please pass my apology on to the coin. I really didn't mean to hurt its feelings!

It just doesn't seem to stand alone; it needs some context. Some worn siblings perhaps. As I said, if you hadn't said that was a kangaroo, then it's rorschach inkblot test time!


Can you tell what year it is?

Blackhawk

The roo looks like one of those dialog balloons that you see in comic books.

I tried looking with a loupe, a microscope, and in different lighting situations and I can't make out any date.

I shudder to think of what end you'd dream up for the sealskin hat that I bought at a garage sale about 10 years ago. The thing most likely started out as a nice trooper style winter hat, but by the time I bought it there was little left than thin, weathered leather...you could fold it flat and stick it in your pocket. It fits like a skull cap, but it did come in handy...I'd take it to hockey games and embarrass my friends by standing next to them while wearing it.

adamlaneus

It sounds like that hat is _perfect_ and has an excellent calling!

Keep that one! You never know what situation...or halloween costume...would benefit from an odd clothing item!

1jester

There are people who try to "make" the lowest grade possible too...Braddick comes to mind...so perhaps you could send it in for grading!

Sapyx

<< <i>Can you tell what year it is? >>


Perhaps not, but we can narrow it down. It's George VI, and the word underneath the portrait looks more like IMP than DEF, so it's KM# 36, not KM# 43. That gives a date range of 1938 to 1948.

ajaan

I'm thinking it might have been a pocket piece of some serviceman in the Pacific during the war. OH the stories that penny could tell.

theboz11

Pretty close to a Ghost