Wheat penny stamped

I can get a picture up soon, but i looked through my folder of wheat pennies and found a wheat penny with a M stamped into the reverse side of it. Was this done by the mint? Ive heard of gangs doing such thing, but a plain M is a boring gang sign. Anyone mind helping me find how this happened?

 

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I've got a new set of punches and I'm itching to try them out. What can I use them on? Oh I know! (fishes a wheat cent out of his pocket) WHAM! Nice they work great! (Drops cent back into his pocket, spends it later that day.)

 

WELCOME TO THE FORUM.

He is being a bit cruel to a new member you know. He really doesn't have a coin punch at all. MAYBE that is. :goofer: Never know around here.
What he is telling you is there are a real lot of people out there that use coins for fun. Many stamp all kinds of stuff on them and put them back in circulation. Some put thier own pictures on them like that guy Roosevelt. :smile

 

Welcome to the forum! your coin is what is termed as a counterstamped coin,which covers a broad range of post mint alterations done to coins by all sorts of different people for different reasons(advertising,politics,etc.) I have never heard of a "gang" counterstamping coins for any reason and fail to see why they would,but who knows,you can even buy a set of premade stamps to stamp images with if you are so inclined and a letter and number punch set are easy to come by too. I and many others collect then out of circulation,as for value they are worth next to nothing more than a dented penny,but they can be fun to collect.

 

Gangs on coins, I'm AFEARED...

 

Theres a gang called omega that stamp pennies, lol, yes its pointless.

 

I can see it now, Cripps & Bloods on commemoratives. I don't put nothing past the U.S. Mint...

 

I don't think I was being cruel. He asked how it could happen and I gave the most likely answer. Im not saying that I did it, just that it was the idle whim of someone who had a punch.

 

I used to have a set of nine pennies (OOPS, I mean cents) with holes drilled in each and numbered 1 through 9. Can't imagine what they were used for. They were all bright and shiny and AU.

 

Gangsta's won't be fooling around with pennies, they're all about the Benjamins.




A collection of "ugly money" (currency with graffiti)