What the hell has happened to this?
It's obvious the Rev has had a penny smashed against it, but the Obv beats me!!
I'm fairly certain it can't possibly be genuine.
Look at all the images.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/aust-1963-half-penny-spectacular-error-what-coin-detective-/271238610272
Looks like someone has put 2x pennys on an engine block and belted them really hard with a 14lb sledge hammer.
The round impression with the hex head is obviously the head of a allen key type bolt :ok:
Quotea very unusual coin error, mistruck, fiddled with or just born to be ugly!
Quoteyou'll be the judge!
It's generally easier to make clear impressions like these by squeezing rather than hammer-slamming.
Such things may even be created by accident - someone placing a couple of coins underneath a heavy object (like, yes, an engine) to level it, for example, and leaving it there for a long time, would have the same effect as deliberately and premeditatedly squeezing it in a vise. Without context, it's impossible to tell whether such constructs are made-by-accident or made-for-eBay-suckers, but they're definitely not made by the Mint. Not that it makes much difference, once it gets on eBay. The suckers seem to be swallowing it at the moment.
I recall one of Ian McConnelly's articles once showing a penny with a curious horseshoe-shaped dent in it. He speculated on possible mint-error causes, but to me it was clearly the foot of one of those old-fashioned chairs - someone a long time ago had simply used a penny to stop their chair from wobbling.
Definately PMD I think Sap is on the right track. The obverse looks like a nut impression.
Wtf most people would have held it with gloves if it was genuine not a rusty pair of pliers.
Photographed in his "error workshop"
What I don't get is the 5 people bidding on it. I don't know if they think it's genuine or if they're shill bidders. At least one seems to be a shill IMO.
The pliers are a nice touch
Anyone want to order one, the workshop opens in ten minutes............
$86. Unbelievable!!!
Quote$86. Unbelievable!!!
Indeed ..... I don't know how they sleep at night!
Quote from: 'Unicorn' pid='22173' dateline='1374300116'I don't know how they sleep at night!
Pond scum doesn't sleep at night. :angel:
Quote from: 'Fulvio' pid='22185' dateline='1374305527'Quote from: 'Unicorn' pid='22173' dateline='1374300116'I don't know how they sleep at night!
Pond scum doesn't sleep at night. :angel:
HeHe, Well said Mate :good: