"Creative" damage . . . .

That's one of my favorite collecting categories. Artistic PMD. Could be counterstamped, hobos, love tokens, "graffiti", overstrikes . . .

I never get tired of seeing it. What is in your collection? I'll start with this one.

Z

 

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I have a love hate relationship with Graffiti.

 

1881 IHC flattened by train with bent pin under coin.

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/another-rr-altered-coin.409188/

 

That is hideous and I love it!

 

I have some love tokens but my favorite are advertising pieces that have a counter stamp. I just don’t have any photos of them.

 

I believe this to be hand engraved. H W T.

 

Coins flatten by trains

 

Thanks to @ZoidMeister

 

Another hand engraved coin. creative damage.

 

Very creative those masons are.

 

A couple double counterstamped coins.

Z

 

DC

 

A couple oldies but goodies.

Z

 

Huh? What’s the story, Pickin?

 

OK… I wouldn’t call this creative… But it intrigues me that so many late 18th and early 19th century pieces have an “X” scratched onto them. I have an early 1800’s half eagle in my SDB that has the same “X” scratched into it. I see so many that I believe there has to be some practical reason.

 

There is a reason that an X is scratched into the coin. The problem is I can’t remember what that reason is. Every year old age seems to get worse. Lol