Wartime pennies - again!

[davidrj]

We've discussed the weak strikings of the Kings Norton pennies here before, but what do folk here make of this 1919?

Nice shield detail but Oh how horrid, looks like it has had a serious case of dandruff, the light bits are "lustrous" as if bits have flaked off.

I'm guessing a blank full of bubbles

David

[argentumandcoins]

Looks more likely that the coin has been in a fire, obviously post production.

[davidrj]

Looks more likely that the coin has been in a fire, obviously post production.

Doesn't have the feel of fire damage, no heavy oxidation

[Peckris]

Looks more likely that the coin has been in a fire, obviously post production.

Doesn't have the feel of fire damage, no heavy oxidation

It really doesn't look like a minting problem though. But there looks to be a rather nice 1919KN lurking beneath that scurf!

[£400 for a Penny ?]

Looks perhaps like it might have spent a little time in the ground ?

[Accumulator]

Have been collecting/accumulating on and off for many years and only recently became interested in coins again. It's hardly my favourite piece, but always wondered about the history of this 1937 penny with swastika overstrike? Being 'wartime' related, I presume it's on topic?

[Accumulator]

I tried to add it as an image, hopefully this will work!

[£400 for a Penny ?]

I would see this as a protest at the Public Order Act of 1936, which came into force in 1937.

Oswald Mosely and his 'Blackshirts' were effectively banned and although this is not the symbol of the British Union of Fascists, I see it quite clearly as an act of fascist protest.

Not really to do with the war I don't think.

Don't worry about being on topic, feel free to ramble all over the shop, we do.

[Red Riley]

Looks perhaps like it might have spent a little time in the ground ?

My thoughts entirely.

[Red Riley]

Have been collecting/accumulating on and off for many years and only recently became interested in coins again. It's hardly my favourite piece, but always wondered about the history of this 1937 penny with swastika overstrike? Being 'wartime' related, I presume it's on topic?

This seems to have been a popular(?) theme. I remember seeing a pre-war George VI penny in which the entire union jack had been re-cut into the shape of a swastika; went for quite a few quid on e-bay. George VI had hardly been popular with a section of the populace who wanted Edward VIII back. Given his reputed Nazi sympathies, it could well have been inspired by Moseley's National Union of Fascists.

[niyuco]

This seems to have been a popular(?) theme. I remember seeing a pre-war George VI penny in which the entire union jack had been re-cut into the shape of a swastika; went for quite a few quid on e-bay. George VI had hardly been popular with a section of the populace who wanted Edward VIII back. Given his reputed Nazi sympathies, it could well have been inspired by Moseley's National Union of Fascists.

I've got a very worn 1861 penny with "Heil Hitler" and a couple of swastikas scratched on it, which I've always imagined to be the work of a German POW in Britain. Not sure if they would have had access to coins though.

[Peckris]

I've got a very worn 1861 penny with "Heil Hitler" and a couple of swastikas scratched on it, which I've always imagined to be the work of a German POW in Britain. Not sure if they would have had access to coins though.

Maybe they were paid a few pennies for the (forced) work they did?