What the????

[Nevol]

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

[trout]

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:

[Mister T]

a very unusual coin error, mistruck, fiddled with or just born to be ugly!

you'll be the judge!

[Sapyx]

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.

[purplepennyhunter]

Definately PMD I think Sap is on the right track. The obverse looks like a nut impression.

[jozk123]

Wtf most people would have held it with gloves if it was genuine not a rusty pair of pliers.
Photographed in his "error workshop"

[Nevol]

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.

[stevo1962]

The pliers are a nice touch

[Goldseeker]

Anyone want to order one, the workshop opens in ten minutes............

[coxspau]

$86. Unbelievable!!!

[Unicorn]

$86. Unbelievable!!!

Indeed ..... I don't know how they sleep at night!

[Fulvio]

I don't know how they sleep at night!

Pond scum doesn't sleep at night. :angel:

[trout]

I don't know how they sleep at night!

Pond scum doesn't sleep at night. :angel:

HeHe, Well said Mate :good: