reengraving Old Coppers - altering coins

Looks to be earlier than a Boobyhead. :kewl: Probably early to mid 1830's. :thumb:

Ribbit

 

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Streets of Chicago. Every kid I ever knew was rather on the distructive side with almost everything. We all played with guns, knives, slingshots, etc. Coins were just one of the many things we, for some reason, attempted to change, ruin, mangle, blow up, etc. Changing dates on a coin, putting it back in circulation, was just something to do. Other things done to coins was almost anything imaginable.

 

So your the one that ruined my CBH! :goof:

http://www.cointalk.com/forum/t60427/

Is that your birthday?

Ribbit

Ps: I forgot to say anything about re-engraving on my earlier reply. :goofer: I too have heard stories of earlier copper collectors re-engraving coppers and that it was commonplace at one time. There is a seller on Ebay that has sold quite a few re-engraved coppers but I don't know if her husband did the re-engraving or they were already re-engraved when he purchased them. So be cautious when buying ones that look too good to be true.

 

Yeah - that was the other side of the Brooklyn in Brooklyn. Actually, I had found that the time I spent as a child in Florida that children were more violent than in the city.

Ruben

 

when I was a kid we used to hammer on pennies a. to flatten them b. to make them hot...that the most we cared about coins save for what they could buy with them.

 

Destroying Government Property is a crime

 

Odd, so is murder and robbery and nobody cares about that either.

 

Here's one that may have been re-engraved a while back:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=370226340877

Ribbit

 

The must sinister crime is copyright violation

 

Yeash ... not even a good job. It looks like she went to the unisex beauty parlor on Nostrand Avenue....

Ruben

 

Well a master engraver would be dificult to detect. On the old coin, I would ultra sound clean it first to see if you can ID. If that does not work try Ionizing the coin, this should bring out some details. "The dog ate it"
Traci :desk:

 

Traci, I've never heard the term "ionizing" when referring to coins. Would you please explain what you mean by this? Curiously yours...Mike

 

Mike, Ionizing is the same as electrolysis. Here is a site to learn more about the process. http://www.geocities.com/triadx_2000/index4.html
Traci :kewl:

 

I never realized those were synonyms. Thanks for the explanation and link.

 

Glad to help. Traci