found at markets

[keldaw]

I got all these coins at the markets on sunday .     $5.00






plus these in the same package




and this one , it is special to me as it is the worst excuse of a coin I have ever seen .




 how far does the patten go into the metal ? this coin is as thin as a hair but I can still see the patten ..   ,, kel ,,

can any body see the date on the rough one ?

 I think it is my birthday year   1943

   ,, KEL ,,

see how thin it is ..

[Fulvio]

how far does the patten go into the metal ? this coin is as thin as a hair but I can still see the patten ..

Its not that the pattern goes into the coin. Rather its that the acid (or salt water, perhaps) ate away at the surface equally, so the relief has been maintained, more or less.

I find coins like this fascinating, if only because of the mystery of what happened to them. Its not hard to imagine them being found in a shipwreck after half a century, or at the bottom of a mineshaft or whatever..

[keldaw]

fulvio , sorry but you are not my s/s other wise I would have added it to your present , but maybe next year you may get my name in the draw , but by then you will have to fight  A J  for it .
 be warned I think he fights a bit dirty .:cards: just like he plays at cards ..ha ha ha .  ,, kel ,,
any body in Sydney , or people that collect tokens

 who wants the manly ferry token ..          

 first in first dressed ..    ,, kel ,,

[ausjack]

I don't fight dirty I fight to win :diablo: and at all costs :laugh2: and I'm a lover not a fighter :give_heart: