Your "spunt" coin was not created by spinning dies. It was created by someone messing around with the coin.
Congratulations Steve. Thank you for the contest Flyers10!
I would have to say the Walking Liberty. I'm always drawn to them and I think the eagle is the finest.
It appears to me to have been melted to the point of zinc loss that just leaves a thin coating on the copper of the obv.
See the link I posted above.
Here you go: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/2nd-edition-my-hunt-for-the-pirate-treasure-ship-whydah.358307/
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I'm old. Please finish the story before I die.
Since you understand the damage to the coin is man-made on purpose then all that remains are why and how. We will probably never know the reason...
Yes, I understand all of this. I was just telling what happened to me, and as originally stated, I didn't see it.
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That's what I thought too, except she said it didn't have the weight like a regular cent and sounded different when she dropped it on the table....
Thank you Lord M and congrats to all the winners!
She didn't say what mint mark it had.
About 8 years ago I was visiting with an old lady that owned a trucking company. I don't remember how we got on the subject, however, she told me...
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It's hard to tell, even in hand, but that's what it looks like to me.
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