Help with 2 coins

[need2dream]

Good morning everyone,
My son was given a rather large sack of coins from a family member that recently passed. All of the coins apart from these 2 are foreign/world. We are trying to figure what these are and why one has been "scored" maybe. Any ideas or answers are appreciated.

Thanks!!

 

[Kiros32]

First one is a V Nickel. Second one is a Braided Hair Large Cent. Both are US coins.

 

[need2dream]

Thanks for the quick reply. Any idea why the Large Cent would be scored that way?

 

[ironhorse]

Thanks for the quick reply. Any idea why the Large Cent would be scored that way?

Possibly to make change; half cents were still issued then

 

[need2dream]

Very interesting...Thank you!

 

[HuntinDog]

Your large cent may have been counter stamped by a merchant.

 

[Itsmine]

Cut coin. They used them early on especially for families who weren't well off. They would snap off a small portion for something less than penny. Kind of like the Brittish "hay penny" https://www.google.com/webhp?source...2&ie=UTF-8#q=WHAT+WAS+the+brittish+hay+penny?

 

[jewelerguy]

collecting coins is more fun when you know the history behind them. here's the interesting history of the 'V' nickle : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Head_nickel and Large cents in general: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_cent_(United_States_coin)