Can someone tell me how this happened?

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• Coxe Posts: 11,139 ✭

  December 13, 2005 1:49PM

  My guess? Photoshop.
  
  Notice the shadows are wrong on the "5". Also, I think that punch would be too big for a production coin of the 20th century.

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• construct Posts: 932

  December 13, 2005 1:52PM

  Counterstamp? I'd call it damage.

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• BECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭

  December 13, 2005 2:03PM

  Looks like a stamped impression done well after minting. Definately damage and not error.

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• mozin Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭

  December 13, 2005 2:11PM

  
  
  << <i>My guess? Photoshop.
  Notice the shadows are wrong on the "5". Also, I think that punch would be too big for a production coin of the 20th century. >>
  
  
  Cannot be counterstamp, not indented.

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• wjd283 Posts: 1,406

  December 13, 2005 2:13PM

  I'm pretty sure that did'nt happen at the mint.

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• LathamGal Posts: 37

  December 13, 2005 2:33PM

  Thanks for your help. It looked too big for any coin I've seen.
  I know it doesn't look it by the scan, but the "5" IS indented deeply.
  The penny is a '79 in case anybody has an idea as to how this got there. Maybe the date will help shed some light.
  Again, thanks!!

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• wjd283 Posts: 1,406

  December 13, 2005 2:40PM

  My guess would be an after mint number punch.

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• coppercoins Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭

  December 13, 2005 3:58PM

  This sort of thing is called a "counterstamp" - meaning that someone took a punch to the coin after the minting process. Often these are nifty little designs like stars, bells, the Bible, Kennedy, or other designs, but they also come in the form of numbers, names, and letters. Yours happens to be a number, and a large one. It could have been used as an ID chit for something, it could also have been a test for a key fob punch set. It's not of mint manufacture, and it wasn't made to fool you or to be sold as collectible. It's far too sloppy to be a mass manufacture job, so my guesses are probably the closest possible answers.

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• BlindedByEgo Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 13, 2005 4:05PM

  
  
  << <i>This sort of thing is called a "counterstamp" - meaning that someone took a punch to the coin after the minting process. Often these are nifty little designs like stars, bells, the Bible, Kennedy, or other designs, but they also come in the form of numbers, names, and letters. Yours happens to be a number, and a large one. It could have been used as an ID chit for something, it could also have been a test for a key fob punch set. It's not of mint manufacture, and it wasn't made to fool you or to be sold as collectible. It's far too sloppy to be a mass manufacture job, so my guesses are probably the closest possible answers. >>
  
  
  
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