"Mint error" or DEFDAM?

Just an interesting fleaBay find I thought I would share.

@Paddyman, this one is for your archives. Enjoy . . .

Z

 

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I'm getting to know you @ZoidMeister, this is a trick question! It's neither! Or both!

 

DEFDEAD

 

Looks to be advertised correctly. I wonder the history of such coin. Surely it would be passed down and not just found and sold.

 

Damaged for sure but I wonder if that coin saved his life?

 

I wonder who is the good shot?

 

That’s a billy the kid‍♂️

 

If it is a bullet wound it surely had to hurt, ouch!

 

Hey, that's pretty cool! I suppose this is how decimal coinage turns into exonumia?

 

Back before they built over 200 houses on the mountain where i live, me and my parents (and friends) would shoot outside, in the back yard..sometimes we would shoot coins, usually charcoal brickettes hung on string, (me Mum used to shoot the string, then the push pins holding the string, a regular "Annie Oakley", lol) sometimes would get coins like that, had to dig em out of the tree...

 

A predecessor to kevlar? Anyway, a really cool piece that looks to be originally-aged that IMO should get a buyer--could be just for bragging rights or mounted as a piece of jewelry.

 

That's hilarious lol Good one Z
Bullet slug