View Full Version : US Coins Being Overstruck Into Tokens
rgpete
02-26-2018, 06:14 PM
I purchased this coin when it was first available, a 1963 D Kennedy Half Dollar,
an overstrike on a 1964 Kennedy Half dollar, from an engraver who uses a surplus Denver Mint coin press
barrysloate
02-26-2018, 07:11 PM
Kennedy half dollars weren't issued until 1964. Could you explain again how this is dated 1963.
rgpete
02-26-2018, 07:52 PM
Kennedy half dollars weren't issued until 1964. Could you explain again how this is dated 1963.
By this Engraver who also designed a State Quarter that was minted for circulation
rgpete
02-26-2018, 08:04 PM
He also did this 2019 overstrike on a Presidential Dollar coin that I posted before
barrysloate
02-27-2018, 08:06 AM
He sure does incredible work.
vintagetoppsguy
02-27-2018, 08:33 PM
He sure does incredible work.
Agreed. And I'm not trying to be a buzz kill, but it is illegal to deface currency to the point its rendered useless.
bnorth
02-27-2018, 08:41 PM
Agreed. And I'm not trying to be a buzz kill, but it is illegal to deface currency to the point its rendered useless.
What about all those machines you put change into that presses it into a token?
Then there is all the painted bills and change. Would like to know what exactly you would have to do for it to be illegal.
vintagetoppsguy
02-27-2018, 08:58 PM
What about all those machines you put change into that presses it into a token?
Then there is all the painted bills and change. Would like to know what exactly you would have to do for it to be illegal.
Oh, I absolutely agree with you. You see a lot of those press machines in gift/souvenir shops and I don't know how they get away with it, but they do. Maybe nobody cares and it's just not worth pursuing legally?
vintagetoppsguy
02-27-2018, 09:01 PM
https://www.moneyfactory.gov/resources/lawsandregulations.html
Jim65
02-28-2018, 07:21 AM
Looks like defacing or mutilating pennies and nickels is fine.
packs
02-28-2018, 07:24 AM
People have collected hobo nickels forever.
frankbmd
02-28-2018, 08:02 AM
So it's okay to trim a Wagner, but don't trim a Jacklitsch.:eek:
bnorth
02-28-2018, 08:25 AM
People have collected hobo nickels forever.
I had never heard of a hobo nickel. Now after finding out what they are I will have to add one to my collection of fine merchandise(unfocused junk).:)
packs
02-28-2018, 08:29 AM
Hobo nickels are great. I pick them up whenever I see them, unless they're modern machine made ones.
clydepepper
03-02-2018, 11:36 AM
I once had a hobo dollar...