Token I.D.?

tbirde56 · September 13, 2008 6:27AM

Daltonista · September 13, 2008 6:55AM

Brad ~

This is Essex, Walthamstow 1/2d - Davis 38 and Withers 612.
Scarcity "Normal." (Better than "Very Common.")

What do you suppose those craters are?

Best ~
Tom

lordmarcovan · September 13, 2008 8:09AM

I dunno what those hits are, but I have had similar pieces with similar marks.

It's rather odd.

tbirde56 · September 13, 2008 8:19AM

Thanks Tom!

lordmarcovan · September 13, 2008 8:21AM

I'm wrackin' my brains tryin' to figger out what kind of tool makes a mark that looks like a high-powered BB hit on a coin's surface, and why such marks can be found on so many coppers of that era.

It's sort of like the age old mystery of why so many 19th and early-20th century Italian 5- and 10-centesimi pieces are usually bent and mutilated.

ColinCMR · September 13, 2008 8:52AM

looks like BBs to me too

air guns have been around for a long time

1960NYGiants · September 13, 2008 10:38AM

Shot gun pellets?

lordmarcovan · September 13, 2008 10:42AM

Could be, I guess. Birdshot?

Daltonista · September 13, 2008 10:45AM

My best guess would have to be some kind of punch or nail set, or maybe something that you'd use to set rivets or grommets in place, or those snaps that are used on clothing.
You hold these things with one hand and hammer it with the other.
Backing your work up with a copper token would certainly save the furniture, right?

Token I.D.?

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