What the heck!?!?!?!

[Silver Surfer]

I was going thru my silver coins today, cataloging them for possible sale, and the ONLY Seated liberty I have at first nearly made me fall out of my chair, then I got pretty miffed, then I had to laugh...
I have had this coin since I was 13 and had bought it from a kid that got it from his grandma... I had not looked at it closely for years, and at 13 (and even older), had no idea it shouldnt look like this...

What the heck were they doing to this old coin? It appears as if someone tried their hand at engraving, but why a coffee cup?
The funny part is that they put a navel and nipples on Miss Liberty... This had to have been done long ago, as this kid couldnt have done it, and I cannot imagine his grandma doing it either... Wish I knew who/when this was done.. Back looks normal..

Here are a couple pics... Maybe you all will get as much a kick out of it as my wife and I did...

 

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[Silver Surfer]

Found it.....

I have been searching and searching for similar examples of my Porn-coin, and found this auction from 2 yrs ago...
As Testing123 posted, they call them "Potty Dollars", but most are from much later in the 1800's, and on dollars, not halves....
It also went for a pretty penny...
Thanks Testing123! I may be partial, but I think mine is better than the one that sold at auction....

 

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[CMDiamonddawg]

What the ?

 

[Iron Patch]

Very cool!

A few years back I seen a George Counterfeit halfpenny with Britainnia holding something she shouldn't have been. It sold for over $1,000.

 

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

I like it

 

[timekiller]

XXX Very Cool! Sure don't see that much in coin land!

 

[romeo-1]

Yep...that ain't no coffee cup! Very cool!

 

[Iron Patch]

The mintmark is fitting too! "O" ... OH!

 

[vayank54]

That is cool as heck. I've seen several coins altered by soldiers and well done. One was a flying eagle penny and the eagle was carved into a winged man part that we won't mention and back in the 70's a guy I know dug several large cents with the e in cent changed into another letter and I'll leave that at that except to say his wife made him get rid of them. But in his words " I did keep one though" ha ha

 

[vermonster]

All she's wearing is socks ! woo woo

 

[allen]

i agree with viper !
looks like shes taking a dump !

 

[ivan salis]

a nude woman using a "chamber pot" would be very smutty for those times -- and upon reveiw thats what it appears to be.

 

[RONC(OR)]

That is one kick a$$ treasure I luv hobo nickles that is american folk art WOW congrats HH

 

[ivan salis]

so most likelty its a civil war era "southern" new orleans mint "o" 1861 half dollar ----made into a smutty "potty " half dollar --by a bored civil war soldier ( good chance he was a southerner *) maybe the kid you got it froms great great grandad even --that why his "granny" would be so mad over the loss of a family heirloom type item.

 

[kuger]

Thats awesome!!I have seen two "modified",large "CENTS",that had a letter changed,absolute precision too!!!Both dug.

 

[syko]

that's cool, never seen that b4..

check out this nickel..

 

[BuckleBoy]

That might be Hobo Art, do some research, Hobo Art with coins has become very valuable. I don't know much about Hobo Art. I heard about it in a magazine years ago. Someone on this forum has to know something about Hobo Art.

I am convinced that "hobo coins" are a genre created after-the-fact to create collector interest. I have never seen nor heard of a dug "Hobo Nickel" for example. There should've been one lost somewhere, sometime--especially in one of our illustrious parks in the U.S. that have been pounded with metal detectors for decades now...

This is certainly just an example of someone having some fun with a coin. Yes, the engraving is probably 19th c.


Cool coin!

in new orleans (where this coin is from) -- after the yankee take over --union gen bulter was so hated that southerners painted his picture inside of their chamber pots

I strongly think its a southern made civil war half dollar coin from the new orleans mint --worked on during the civil war most likely . -- quite frankly I'd like to have it.

being born in new orleans in 1961 -- 100 years afterwards and a southerner by birth -- I've always wanted a 1861 "o" half dollar ( since chance are 7 to 1 it was indeed made by the confederates)-- but a possible civil war "trench art" etched one --even better.

I don't see why it was necessarily a Southerner that did the engraving. There is nothing on the coin to justify that assumption. Nor is there anything on the coin to justify that it was "trench art." Were all the engraved love tokens "trench art" as well? How about the rings and other jewelry made from coin silver during the same time period?


-Buck

 

[cedarratt]

Must have wanted a Bust Half instead of a seated...

 

[ivan salis]

buckle boy -- which is more likely it being one of 330,000 federal US mint halves minted in jan of 1861 ( the mint was taken over by the state of louisana (confederate forces on jan 31st of 1861 )-- or it being one of 2,202,633 mint by the state of louisana and the confederate govt -- the confederate forces minted until the silver stock ran out using the old US Govt dies -- so using the mintage numbers the odds are a bit over 6 1/2 to 1 -- that its a confederate made "half" dollar on a ratio basis --ie most likely its "southern money " --thus it was most likely in "southern hands" --ie a southern soldier logically --- bored soldiers in war time often did lil art objects to while away hours of boredom --these types of items are called "trench art" by most folks -- the potty dollars were risque type of item of that time era --this one just happens to be a half dollar and being its of the civil war era --its logical -- to think a southern soldier got a coin in or from the new orleans mint and carved upon it -- makes sense to me at least ---might not be cast in stone 100% beyond doubt ---- but I think its a reasonible and logicial ideal.

 

[BuckleBoy]

most likely its "southern money " --thus it was most likely in "southern hands" --ie a southern soldier logically --- bored soldiers in war time often did lil art objects to while away hours of boredom --these types of items are called "trench art" by most folks -- the potty dollars were risque type of item of that time era --this one just happens to be a half dollar and being its of the civil war era --its logical -- to think a southern soldier got a coin in or from the new orleans mint and carved upon it -- makes sense to me at least ---might not be cast in stone 100% beyond doubt ---- but I think its a reasonible and logicial ideal.

Odds are in favor of the coin being minted under Confederate supervision--but that is still an assumption. It also appears that these "potty coins" were made post-CW. So I think it is rather silly to assume that this is trench art. It is still a wonderful piece, and quite valuable too. But the coin is not an ID disc--so any ideas about its origin are nothing more than conjecture.


Regards,


Buckles

 

[TommNJ]

That's a cool coin !


TommNJ