Coinage under duress: post photos of BB, bullet, or buckshot targets

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Fraz
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Let us see the coins in your possession that someone has aimed at, pulled the trigger on, and hit with a projectile.
We can discuss things like: BB or buckshot, manual or CO2, gauge and caliber, lead or steel, accuracy, and commiserate about the wrong done.
Don’t go out and shoot up your own coins; the only exception being an ASE with a 22.

This guy was a deadeye with a Daisy:

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  • WillieBoyd2
    WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,410 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    This old 1764 Portugal coin has two indentations in it.

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    Portugal 10 reis 1764 with two indentations
    Copper, 33 mm, 11.02 gm

    These coins circulated in the American colonies.
    What caused the indentations and when?

    :)

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  • Fraz
    Fraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Let’s say a blunderbuss did that, a Portuguese naval dragon, to boot.

  • Fraz
    Fraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Boy, this a dud.

  • WilliamF
    WilliamF Posts: 866 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Sorry, this is the worst ive got and it could just as easily have been a punch of some sort...
    Talking about the significant dent in front of Liberty's nose

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  • PipestonePete
    PipestonePete Posts: 1,987 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 25, 2022 1:58PM
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    I don't have any coins that have been fired at but I do have an Ike that was run over by a train.

  • Jzyskowski1
    Jzyskowski1 Posts: 6,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Hey, us too. Train penny and by the looks, I’d say copper 😉🙀🦫
    Tracks run through edge of town. We used to have a set penny- quarter. Any bigger gets touchy


    🎶 shout shout, let it all out 🎶

  • oih82w8
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    edited July 25, 2022 5:31PM
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    Removed...not in my possession.

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  • MilesWaits
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    Let me get back to you after I take the 41 magnum to a silver eagle.

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  • Jzyskowski1
    Jzyskowski1 Posts: 6,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That’s rather magnificent velocity there captn’ on That Nickel. 😉🙀🦫

    🎶 shout shout, let it all out 🎶

  • HoledandCreative
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  • Jzyskowski1
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    😁😁😁🙀🦫

    🎶 shout shout, let it all out 🎶

  • Fraz
    Fraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Dang! Holedandcreative is the right username. I was expecting BBed pennies. Post any damaged coin that you want, but down the road I want to start a thread on coins that people went to a lot of trouble and through a lot of time to mutilate. We’ll see.

  • Lazybones
    Lazybones Posts: 1,632 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I would never dream of shooting a hole in a coin. However, from 75' with a Colt 1911 Gov't Model, Series 70 Mark IV...

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  • gonzer
    gonzer Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Lord Marcovan would love this post.

  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I do not have any 'shot' coins... I stick to targets, with the occasional water jug or melon (for dramatic demonstration purposes). Cheers, RickO

  • Fraz
    Fraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 26, 2022 6:36AM
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    I shoot at metal targets in my yard with a Red Ryder or a Daisy model 25 pump. I like the pump more than the cock. I haven’t shot a coin. Good stuff, keep ’em coming.

    A 2019 W reverse proof Lincoln would be a good target.

  • Namvet69
    Namvet69 Posts: 9,421 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I seem to recall a post about Annie Oakley shot coin souvenirs. Peace Roy

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  • lilolme
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    @ricko said:
    I do not have any 'shot' coins... I stick to targets, with the occasional water jug or melon (for dramatic demonstration purposes). Cheers, RickO

    A couple of friends from years ago shot a large can of peas with some higher powered rifle (don't recall what). I was not there but one fired the shot and the other recorded it on a phone. Saw the phone video and it was a dramatic demonstration. Peas went all over. Give it a try. :)

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  • Fraz
    Fraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Nice photos, too. There’s some trauma up there. We have first person documentation of a pellet strike. Can you get lead pellets yet?
    Here is an interesting pairing with yours, cmerlo:

    All you’ are saying is give peas a try?

  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,859 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 26, 2022 5:37PM
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    @Fraz said:

    All you’ are saying is give peas a try?

    Or, give peas a chance? :p

  • EXOJUNKIE
    EXOJUNKIE Posts: 1,639 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 26, 2022 7:26PM
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    https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1000418/fun-with-coins-and-guns

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