Why?? Just Why??

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by Peter Economakis, Oct 13, 2020.

  1. Peter Economakis

    Peter Economakis Well-Known Member

    Like the title says why would someone do this to think coin?

    I'm thinking a mad ex wife or girlfriend:eek: Capture.PNG
     
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  3. Randy Abercrombie

    Randy Abercrombie Supporter! Supporter

    That coin was here on CT maybe a year ago.
     
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  4. cpm9ball

    cpm9ball CANNOT RE-MEMBER

    I have a French medal in my collection which has the name of the recipient totally obliterated in the exergue. My first impression was the same as yours. It was damaged by an irate ex before it was returned to the owner.

    I'm wondering why someone would bid $219.50 on the Lincoln cent!
     
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  5. kanga

    kanga 65 Year Collector

    Only a very small percentage of people know about the 1909 S-VDB.
    For the rest of the US it's just another cent (penny to them).
     
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  6. Peter Economakis

    Peter Economakis Well-Known Member

    There were around 480,000 1909 S- VDB's in the mix of a trillion penny's "just a guess"
    This one had to be chosen for damage?? Iv'e seen weirder odds though..
     
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  7. Mainebill

    Mainebill Bethany Danielle

    Almost look like it got stuck in a machine causing the damage
     
  8. Randy Abercrombie

    Randy Abercrombie Supporter! Supporter

    I rather got the impression that it was somebody feeling artsy.
     
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  9. -jeffB

    -jeffB Greshams LEO Supporter

    Yep. Sometimes the point of art is to make a statement. Vandalizing an S VDB makes a different statement from vandalizing a 1957-D.

    I almost put sneer quotes around "point", "art", and "make a statement", but meh. I don't live in the art world.
     
  10. medoraman

    medoraman Supporter! Supporter

    It happens. I still remember a dealer with an 1877 cent. Fully BU, partially red, offstruck maybe 30% but still have full date. He couldn't sell the coin. No date collector wanted to pay 1877 money for an offcenter coin, and no error collector wanted to pay 1877 money for a simple offcenter indian head.
     
  11. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Chances are, the damage was done when that was just a random cent from circulation. The perpetrator might not have had the first idea that it was a rare coin.

    It was just another "penny", as far as they were concerned.

    Stuff like that happened all the time, "out in the wild".

    Sure, that's a travesty to a collector, but to a random member of the general public in the early 1900s, it was something to practice his knife skills on (or whatever happened there- if it was even deliberate).

    Sometimes there is no "why". There is just "because".
     
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  12. john65999

    john65999 Well-Known Member

    i once owned an half dime, (forget the date, lol) that was encased in a heavy lead base, round on the bottom, i used a hack saw to get at the coin (only nicked the rim a little bit), the reverse was ms-67 (or better), but the obverse was only f-12 at best, due to being a pocket piece, or whatever, i think i sold it for about 15.00 this was maybe 40 years ago..lol
     
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  13. Spark1951

    Spark1951 Accomplishment, not Activity

    Positing a theory...

    The wear on the damage kinda matches the wear on Lincoln’s ear, cheek and jaw. Extrapolating wear over time the damage occurred around 1929, it continued to circulate for a few more years and then got discovered and pulled from circ...imho...Spark
     
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  14. DarkRage666

    DarkRage666 Ͳìɾҽժղҽʂʂ Ͳąҟҽղ ටѵҽɾ

    Worth nothing now
     
  15. medoraman

    medoraman Supporter! Supporter

    Worth nothing if it was a 1957D. Lowest mintage Lincoln cent? Still has a value as a hole filler for someone's collection.
     
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  16. DarkRage666

    DarkRage666 Ͳìɾҽժղҽʂʂ Ͳąҟҽղ ටѵҽɾ

    Anybody ever notice how creepy coins can seem at times? They’re almost frozen in time
     
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  17. DarkRage666

    DarkRage666 Ͳìɾҽժղҽʂʂ Ͳąҟҽղ ටѵҽɾ

    More specifically damaged coins
     
  18. DarkRage666

    DarkRage666 Ͳìɾҽժղҽʂʂ Ͳąҟҽղ ටѵҽɾ

    I’m not saying all of them... but 1 out of a million I find creepy.... as for the OP’s coin
     
  19. Brina

    Brina Well-Known Member

    sexist remark.
    shame on you!
     
  20. Mr.Q

    Mr.Q Well-Known Member

    I can't imagine why someone would deliberately deface an American icon or for that matter any coin. For arts sake my A.. its downright stupidity! Second to this is why anyone would pay $200+ for it, other than to say they have one, wow.
     
  21. bruthajoe

    bruthajoe Still Recovering

    I've seen similar damage to coins that got chewed up by bubble gum machines. It was, revenge.
     
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