Number Stamped Halves (pictures)

[Eldar11]

My roommate and I just started CRH, and our first (shared) box was a skunk. We're picking up another box tomorrow. We found something interesting in the box though, two of the halves were punch-stamped on the obverse, with the letters DCM on the right side of Kennedy's head, and a number on the left side (3 and 52). Does anyone know what this means? What do you guys think of it?

 

[TimZim]

It means some one had to much time on there hands!!

 

[Sleazyj]

I've never seen that. Maybe it was someone's mark

 

[Eldar11]

for CRH? There were only 2 in one Brinks box. It seems like a lot of trouble just to mark coins, a sharpie seems a lot better.

 

[Novapax]

I found one with 1960 to the left of the neck and 19?? (can't remember) to the right. The half was also gold tone in color.

 

[Xiao en]

I found one with 1960 to the left of the neck and 19?? (can't remember) to the right. The half was also gold tone in color.

I have found one of these also Novapax looks electroplated gold

 

[BuffaloBoy]

I got a stamped half dollar that says

"G.E.N.A. 9 19 85" on it, a bicentennial half dollar. If only coins could talk...

Buff

 

[sagittarius98]

I found one with 1960 to the left of the neck and 19?? (can't remember) to the right. The half was also gold tone in color.

I have found one of these also Novapax looks electroplated gold

Here is an ad for them:

 

[boris]

Is it legal to deface coins?

 

[sagittarius98]

Is it legal to deface coins?

In the US, yes, only if you are not trying to deface it to pass the coin as some other denomination (ex. rubbing the edge of a penny to turn it into dime sized for vending machine). It is illegal in Canada, though.

 

[SilverForBrains]

Here is an ad for them:

Thanks I just found one of these today!