Not so much what, but why?Better pics

[kenley]

I found this on the surface (dirt path) between the back porch and garage/wash room at a 1920's house.
I think it was a first step to making a finger ring. The notches are very evenly spaced on both sides causing a buldge on the rim. What do you think?

 

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[High Plains Digger]

Re: Not so much what, but why?

That was very systematically done. But I don't think a penny will make much of a finger ring. Size 3 or 4 maybe. Not only why done, but also why there.

 

[kenley]

Re: Not so much what, but why?

The small size has me stumped. The whole thing is a puzzle. It almost looks too even to be done with a chisel and hammer??
I will try to get my tripod out so I can get a clearer picture this evening. Gotta go shoot a pistol match right now.

 

[High Plains Digger]

Re: Not so much what, but why?

I think a very thin sawblade--bansaw? Pretty precise, but not so much as I first thought. Get a clearer photo of the penny and maybe we can guess from the date and the wear when it might have been done.

 

[relic lover]

Defiantly done with wire cutters . likely out of boredom I have actually done that exact thing for the heck of it.

 

[kenley]

Thanks R.L. Wire cutters never occured to me.
If I had been that boared when I was 15...I would have been blind by 17.
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