Large Cent 1848 with clip and gouge, possibly deliberate

WillieBoyd2

I found this large cent in a coin dealer's junk box and bought it
because the date was 100 years before my birth year.



United States Large Cent 1848

I noticed the clipped edge when I found the coin.

I didn't notice until later that the "CENT" on the reverse had been gouged,
possibly to form an obscene word.

Does this look accidental or deliberate?

Broadstruck

Sorry but that's Post Mint Damage not a clipped planchet.

Justlooking

I think there was a thread about people turning cents into that dirty word. I'm sure each and every one of them thought they were uniquely comical.

seanq

<< <i>Sorry but that's Post Mint Damage not a clipped planchet. >>







Sean Reynolds

lordmarcovan

I don't think he's necessarily suggesting it was a clipped planchet error.

It does look like somebody started to do one of those "naughty" alterations on that piece. That was almost certainly deliberate.

'48, huh? You're older than I thought, WB2.

WillieBoyd2

I never said that this was a mint error.

I just asked whether the damage might be accidental or deliberate.

The more I think about it, it has to be deliberate, which brings up all kinds of speculation.

Some soldier at Gettysburg waiting for the attack, not all thought only of "mother and home".

Some pioneer on a wagon train to California thinking of the first thing he will do when he gets there.

And so on.

Treashunt

definite PMD.

Not a clip.