I put this Cent on the Friday 13th site but didn't get looked at i don't think. I know it's junk but can't bring myself to throw it away (it's still old) Looks like it was burned in a house fire or barn fire. and then someone tried to "fix" the back ruining it further. Whats your comments? You folks Know lots more then me lets hear it.
The word CENT is backwards. There looks to be several impressions of the same thing above?(below?) the backwards word CENT. Looks like a version of a "vise job" to me, but wait for more opinions. Thanks for posting. Salvador would've been proud to have that coin, huh Meow.
My immediate thoughts. As to the coin, something doesn't look right about it, and I don't just mean the melting and warping. I'm not even sure it was a real coin to begin with. It's neat looking, though.
I have a weird thing about keeping coins like this. I do a lot of coin searching and some of the coins I find are just mutilated, I find it hard to place them back in circulation so I keep them. I pull them out...look at them...then I say to myself, how did this happen??? I could say the same thing for this coin. Keep it, conversation piece!
gotta say that cent is just plain KEWL. dont' throw it away, it's a keeper. one of those coins that brings valuation on the potential story it tells. it was probably shot from a canon in the war of 1812 !! which started a fire, and melted the coin .. okay, I'm just making this up you gotta work with me !!
Thanks folks, I expected lots of worse comments. I can't throw it away though. Maybe burned when that cow kicked over the lantern in the barn in Chicago. lol now you got me doing it.
Interesting "coin". Looks like it has been rolled and straightened, has had a vice job done on it, and the most interesting thing is it is a 1796 with type 2 hair that wasn't used until mid 1798.
naaa It's Junk and i know it. Even if it truly is a real 1796 cent highly damaged it wouldn't be worth much. I am curious why a person would counterfeit a cent then destroy it after such detailed work. If the hair is Wrong year for the date then it is a FAKE junk. If it is a real cent it is REAL junk. Either way it's junk. I was just curious about it though. Thanks for your help with this. I have had it about 30 years. Guess I'll keep it a lil longer.