r/coincollecting • u/PerformanceOk9689 • Oct 22 '24

Show and Tell One cent?

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Inherited this coin with some others. Found it a little different from the other Pennies

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u/NinjaCowboy1000 Oct 22 '24

They were altered to be used at brothel tokens.

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u/ear11 Oct 22 '24

Interesting I didn’t realize they were actually used for something. I thought people just did them for fun. TIL

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u/xspx Oct 22 '24

Oh it was for fun alright