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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSomething I didn't know existed -- potty coins.
Silver coins are soft enough to be sculpted by small hand tools, and some men made a pastime of modifying the faces and figures from the originals to something a little less dignified -- as in these depictions of Lady Liberty on the chamberpot.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobo_nickel
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Something I didn't know existed -- potty coins. (Original Post)
eppur_se_muova
Aug 2023
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cyclonefence
(4,817 posts)1. I laughed til I cried--really. Thank You!
mopinko
(71,526 posts)2. much fun at the link.
the indian head nickels are particularly good.
Emile
(28,490 posts)3. Coin collectors call them Seated Liberty coins.
bucolic_frolic
(46,412 posts)4. Coins like that will have to be banned from schools
Chainfire
(17,757 posts)5. I never knew. You learn something new every day.
milestogo
(17,267 posts)6. I thought this was going to be about pay toilets.