Chopmarks

Has anyone ever seen chop marks on a Straits Settlements George V issue 1 Cent ?

I've got chopped British trade dollars, Straits dollars and a Japanese Occupation 1 cent but they all differ a lot from this one.



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All those chop marks for 1 cent. WOW!!!

 

Indeed. Never seen so many ! This is my occupation issue


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Very cool but I don't understand why they'd chop a cent.

 

The last one was chopped so the occupying forces didn't confiscate it on sight. It supposedly reads for collection.


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Watch out for stuff like this. There is a rash of modern countermarks coming from Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. The Georve VI coin is one such modern concoction and I've seen over a dozen of them on ebay beginning about 2-3 years ago. The first one is a bit different from others I've seen, but the same style and M.O.

 

Here's an example of the same fantasy counterstamp on a Malaya 10 cent: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1941s-malaya-japan-occupation-dai-455209613

The counterstamp reads "Great Japan"