1844 One Cent Coin used as target... worthless?

My late Father-in-Law left a bunch of old coins to me.
One of them is an 1844 One Cent coin with a bullet lodged dead center.

Does this make the coin worthless?
Appreciate any feedback... Thanks!

 

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Hard to say. As far as a pure numismatic value, it’s lost most of that. However, kind of a cool piece to hang onto and you could possibly find that rare buyer who wants a coin with a bullet lodged in it. Probably two to five bucks or so.

 

Still a album space filler until a better one comes along.

 

Nice shot.

 

Just because an old coin and old weapon was used, there's nothing to tie this to a particular time.

 

Looks like a nice "die-break" to me.

 

Pretty neat coin.

 

She wasn't born until 1860... Edit...I take it back...thanks Michael.

 

But the coin was in existence when she was shooting.

 

Make up a good hunting story and sell it with a provenance.

"After making some trades for our coin collections one Saturday afternoon, my buddy and me decided to go squirrel huntin in the woods behind my house. He stuck his coins in his shirt pocket, and I got a pair of trusty Winchester .22 pumps out of the closet.

We split up to cover more area in the woods, but after an hour or so, I still hadn't seen nothin. Finally, I spotted a squirrel sittin on the stump of a tree, so I took aim and fired. The squirrel disappeared. Then I heard, "Dammit!", and thought to myself, "Squirrels don't talk!" It was then that my buddy came rushin toward me yelling, "You owe me another penny!"

Chris

 

From my humble perspective, this is a high caliber counterstamp! ....

 

Tell your kids that grandpa shot it and won a turkey. That turns a damaged coin into a cherished family heirloom.

 

Looks like Miss Liberty got an earful, which reminds me of a story about Davy Crockett and the coin. In the early 1830's Congressman David Crockett was touring the East Coast and everywhere he went he was challenged to shooting contests with the locals. On one occasion just outside Philadelphia, a challenger suggested they shoot for a for a fifty cent piece, the coin being the prize. Crockett knew he could put Old Betsey's ball right through the coin, which would have had the effect of taking it out of circulation (remember the steam driven presses were not quite in place in Phila. so the number of coins in circulation did not meet the mercantile need). Crockett did not want to destroy the coin, so asking in the crowd for something to make a circle with he traced the circumference of the coin onto the tree. Same size target, but no destroyed coin. Crockett drilled the center of the coin cut out and pocketed a good to spend coin and helped the economy along at the same time and even got time while visiting Philly to patch up the crack in the Liberty Bell, so I hear tell.

 

Nice coin, good conversation piece. Id keep it

 

How to turn a numismatic collectible into an exonumia item - maybe you can send it to the U.S. Mint for exchange as a bent coin (bullion metal value is about 6c)

 

Not really worthless, you could probably get a few bucks out of it on ebay.

Or keep it as a conversation piece.

 

I would call it a dug coin from a civil war battle field that probably saved a young man's life..