What happend here???

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  1. Tracey L Aldrich

    Tracey L Aldrich Active Member

    What in the ??? Can someone make some cents i mean sense of this??? 20210423_020406-0.jpg 20210423_020427-0.jpg
     
    Tracey L Aldrich, Apr 23, 2021
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  3. CoinJockey73

    CoinJockey73 Well-Known Member

    Counter stamped. Someone knocked their own date into it.
    I'm going to go out on a limb and say PMD on this one?
     
    CoinJockey73, Apr 23, 2021
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  4. Tracey L Aldrich

    Tracey L Aldrich Active Member

    Interesting kinda fun finding oddities like these even if they arent worth but a cent or less lol
     
    Tracey L Aldrich, Apr 23, 2021
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  5. CoinJockey73

    CoinJockey73 Well-Known Member

    I couldn't agree more. There are threads here dedicated to stuff like that.
     
    CoinJockey73, Apr 23, 2021
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  6. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Counterstamped. In May of 2012, I'm gonna guess.

    But why? There's the question.

    Interesting.
     
    lordmarcovan, Apr 23, 2021
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  7. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    Totally correct. Counterstamped coins are definitely post mint damage.
     
    paddyman98, Apr 23, 2021
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  8. CoinJockey73

    CoinJockey73 Well-Known Member

    See? I'm getting there, lol.
     
    CoinJockey73, Apr 23, 2021
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  9. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    But not necessarily bad damage, like plain old damage damage. Give me an interesting counterstamp over a scratch or corrosion any day.

    As a matter of fact, on some colonial coins, a certain counterstamp can increase the value- sometimes dramatically. (Unfortunately this does not apply to 1994-D Lincoln cents with 2015 counterstamps.)
     
    lordmarcovan, Apr 23, 2021
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  10. derkerlegand

    derkerlegand Well-Known Member

    Don't you remember the Great Coin Revaluation of 2012 when cent coins became five cent coins?
     
    derkerlegand, Apr 23, 2021
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  11. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    I counterstamped and marked a bunch of cents and cruddy halves a few years ago. Just to see if I would ever get them back in my searches. Still haven't seen one back yet in 5 years of searching.
    If anyone finds a coin with "FF" on it....you know where it came from :)
    Maybe someone in 50 years will get one and ask it on CT of the future :)
     
    furryfrog02, Apr 23, 2021
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  12. Matthew Kruse

    Matthew Kruse Young Numismatist

    I will be on the lookout :)
     
    Matthew Kruse, Apr 23, 2021
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  13. Mr.Q

    Mr.Q Well-Known Member

    "What goes around comes around." Some people do it just to see if it ever comes back to them or someone they know, go figure!
     
    Mr.Q, Apr 23, 2021
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  14. VistaCruiser69

    VistaCruiser69 Well-Known Member

    Exactly what I thought as well.

    The clue may be found in here:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012

    I'm hoping it has to do with Grumpy Cat.
     
    VistaCruiser69, Apr 23, 2021
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  15. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    It’s definitely damaged but it’s called a counter stamp. For some reason someone wanted to remember May 2012, maybe a birth or something like that.
     
    Collecting Nut, Apr 23, 2021
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  16. VistaCruiser69

    VistaCruiser69 Well-Known Member

    Maybe it's someone who knows "Bill" and 2012 marked his fifth year being sober.
     
    VistaCruiser69, Apr 23, 2021
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  17. Sidney Osborne

    Sidney Osborne Well-Known Member

    Lordmarcovan, someone got it wrong...the giveaway is 5 2021...Not 5 2012...even p98 was deceived by this one....!
     
    Sidney Osborne, Apr 23, 2021
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  18. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Only the person that counterstamped them knows for sure.
     
    Collecting Nut, Apr 23, 2021
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  19. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    If my dumped coin makes it all the way out to you I will be impressed!
     
    furryfrog02, Apr 23, 2021
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  20. Bob Evancho

    Bob Evancho Well-Known Member

    Not all counterstamped coins are post mint damage. 1,389 1848 CAL. quarter eagles were stamped while the coin was still in the die since there is no obverse deformation so not all counterstamped coins are PMD. Since the coin didn't leave the die, it couldn't be post mint damage. Just an interesting observation.
     
    Bob Evancho, Apr 23, 2021
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  21. VistaCruiser69

    VistaCruiser69 Well-Known Member

    From the looks of the reverse, it may have been sitting face up on the cement when it was punched with the 5,
    .............................2012
     
    VistaCruiser69, Apr 23, 2021
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