1859 Canadian “One Cunt”

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image showing 1859 Canadian “One Cunt”

tteeggeerr on May 2nd, 2020 at 06:08 UTC »

Old cunt

Gangreless on May 2nd, 2020 at 06:56 UTC »

The coin is a "ONE CENT" coin, the E of cent was "re-engraved" by someone to turn it into a U, for funsies.

Here's an example of it done to a US coin from 1847

At the end you see what is likely the reference to this coin:

Update November 2013 In November 2013 we received a telephone call and email from a lady in Canada regarding a similar coin. She has a 1859 which features an Indian head and also appears to have the same alteration.

RPDRNick on May 2nd, 2020 at 07:16 UTC »

As someone who used to do digital scans of old currency for an auction house, I discovered that this was incredibly common, and it made me feel far less sensitive about the fact that I'm a fucking profane cunt in modern times.