Cut Victorian coin.

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cent
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Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 02:42 #
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Probably PMD. If not, any info about this coin? It diameter is 32 mm. The cut mark looks like it was done a long time ago. Thanks. 🤔🙂

 

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Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 09:56 #
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N#19488 

32mm / 1839-1864 

½ Crown - Victoria (1st portrait; 1st type) - obverse ½ Crown - Victoria (1st portrait; 1st type) - reverse 

Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
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Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 13:50 #
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Somebody did a test if it's silver (the hole in the middle) but wasn't too sure so it was cut in half?

cent
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Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 21:33 #
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Or maybe the half crown cut coin was meant to circulate as a two-shilling piece due to a shortage of those. So a half crown ‘loses’ six pence by cutting off a piece of the coin. The hole is anybody’s guess. I know stamps were cut in half diagonally so maybe that what happened here. 🤔

cent
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Posted: 14 Feb 2026, 22:23 #
Edited: 14 Feb 2026, 22:23
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Heres an interesting thread about cut coins. However mine is not that old. 
 

https://en.numista.com/forum/topic66582.html

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