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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2021781, member: 57495&quot;]I just noticed you started this thread... great idea chrsmat.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This one was found in a mystery mixed lot.&nbsp; Apart from being positively awful to look at, I initially thought it was an obvious victim of bad tooling until TIF suggested that certain conditions in the ground may have caused the etched, sunken appearance of the devices.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]366265[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have to admit that I no longer own this coin.&nbsp; Earlier this year on a family trip to Italy, I decided to bring the poor fellow home to Rome for a watery burial in the Trevi Fountain.&nbsp; Tradition states that if you toss a coin into the Fountain, you guarantee yourself a future visit to Rome.&nbsp; So this coin&#039;s return to the Eternal City ensures my own <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Here it is for the last time in my hand, about two seconds before it hit the water.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]366266[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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