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A coin recarved by hand.
Also known as: Carved coin, Recarved nickel
The coin whose design has been carved into a new one with hand tools.
Is a small coin whose original design has been carved into a new one by hand.
Contexts: History
Worked on a coin because the metal was available, the surface was already prepared with a portrait to modify, and the object could be carried and traded — the medium was chosen for its portability as much as its material.
Contexts: History
Defacing currency, which is the practice's defining constraint: the object is made by destroying a legal instrument and its value afterwards has nothing to do with its face value.
Contexts: History
A small coin whose portrait has been reworked in relief into a different face or figure, cut with a chisel and a nail rather than engraved.