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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 2812142, member: 15445&quot;]Not what you were looking for but it is <span style="color: #ff0000"><b>oddly shaped</b></span>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]658394[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This Australian Florin has been formed (hammered) into a ring. You can read the inscriptions from the host coin all the way up inside the ring.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some CoinTalkers have told me that this spooned coin was made by convicts in Australia. However, I suspect that any Florin (two Shillings) in the possession of a convict would be treated as a very valuable commodity and not hammered.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose that a soldier in the trenches could afford to hammer a Florin so maybe this is piece is “Trench Art”.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next theme is <span style="color: #ff0000"><b>S mint mark</b></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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