Item #: SCP-203
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: Standard containment. SCP-203 is to remain in a small, locked chamber. No personnel are to touch SCP-203, under any circumstance. Those who choose to ignore this are to be given one warning, after which, if the offender proceeds to continue contact with SCP-203, they are to be terminated immediately.
Description: SCP-203 appears to be a freshly minted penny with no date or script. The head of Abraham Lincoln appears on both sides of the coin.
SCP-203 seems to attract those who like shiny, distracting objects, or possibly those with little willpower or attention spans as Agent ██████ ███, who had a documented, confirmed attention deficit disorder claimed to be strongly drawn to SCP-203 and had a difficult time getting it off his mind. Incident following caused [DATA EXPUNGED]
SCP-203 was discovered by Agent ████████ in [DATA EXPUNGED]
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Reference: SCP-203 is currently responsible for the deaths of two personnel. One D-class personnel and Dr. ██████████. The D-class subject exposed to SCP-203, placed within his pocket, expressed signs of paranoia shortly after pocketing the object. The subject, after prolonged exposure to SCP-203, made claims that [Data Expunged]. Subject's condition escalated to the point of violence, at which point Dr. ██████████ was strangled. When additional personnel restrained the subject, he made claims that Dr. ██████████ was going to poison him, then lashed out, screaming that they were all after him, and that they would kill him. After resisting attempts to restrain him, subject was then terminated. Additional tests were performed with D-class personnel. When parted with SCP-203, subjects eventually returned to a normal state of mind.
Attempts to destroy SCP-203 thus far have not yielded results, and, seeing as the object does not pose an active threat, has been classified as Safe.
Item #: SCP-203
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: Standard containment. SCP-203 is to kept in a small, locked chamber. No personnel are to touch SCP-203, under any circumstance. Those who choose to ignore this are to be given one warning, after which, if the offender proceeds to continue contact with SCP-203, they are to be terminated immediately. Procedure has been superseded; controlled experimentation on D-class subjects has been authorized by O5-█.
Description: SCP-203 appears to be a freshly minted penny in "Very Choice About Uncirculated" condition (showing slight wear, likely caused by previous experimentation) with no date or script. The head of Abraham Lincoln appears on both sides of the coin.
SCP-203 seems to attract those who like shiny, distracting objects, or possibly those with little willpower or short attention spans as Agent ██████ ███, who had a documented, confirmed attention deficit disorder claimed to be strongly drawn to SCP-203 and had a difficult time getting it off his mind. Incident following caused [DATA EXPUNGED], resulting in Agent ██████ ███'s termination and the destruction of two (2) file cabinets of personnel records to fire when fire-suppressant systems failed to engage.
SCP-203 was discovered by Agent ████████ in July of 20██ in the city of ████████, █████████████, while investigating the burglary of a numismatist's. Nothing of apparent value was taken beyond a number of mint 'collectors' sets. SCP-203 was among the items taken for investigation, and proved to be the only item to have any apparent effect. Speculation as to whether other items with similar effect might exist, or have been stolen, has been officially censured; investigation of the burglary is still ongoing both by SCP agents and the local police department
Reference: SCP-203 is currently responsible for the deaths of two personnel - one D-class subject and Dr. ██████████. The D-class subject was exposed to SCP-203, and upon instruction, placed the item in his pocket. Within the next thirty (30) minutes, the subject began to grow increasingly agitated, pacing the floor and making increasingly violent gestures, eventually reaching the point of ranting and threatening physical violence against Dr. ██████████. When Dr. ██████████ attempted to terminate the experiment, calling in security personnel to intervene, the subject lunged for Dr. ██████████'s neck, twisting with enough force to separate his cervical vertebrae. Subject continued to resist security personnel, screaming that Dr. ██████████ was going to poison him, then lashed out, screaming that they were all after him, and that they would kill him. Subject was subdued with the use of tranquilizers and subsequently terminated.
Further experimentation with D-class subjects under a stricter testing protocol proved that when separated from SCP-203, subjects generally returned to a normal state of mind within a period of forty-eight (48) to seventy-two (72) hours. Some subjects did show a greater affinity for the object, associated with either attention deficit disorder (ADD / ADHD) or interest in coin collecting; these tended to take three (3) to five (5) days to recover from their exposure. Further tests are planned.
Attempts to destroy SCP-203 thus far proven ineffective, and, as the object seemingly does not pose an active threat, has been classified as Safe pending further review.
Addendum 203-01:
A mistake during routine testing seems to have revealed a secondary effect to SCP-203 not previously suspected. When subject D-203-22 was given orders to pick up the object, he unconsciously placed it with other coins already in his pocket (one (1) dime, two (2) quarters, and one (1) Canadian nickel). When ordered to remove the item from his pocket, he withdrew all the change - all of which had was then confiscated. Subsequent examination proved that all the coins had been subtly altered - for instance, on the Canadian nickel the "5 CENTS" motto and the word "CANADA" had been interchanged; on the dime, the bust of Roosevelt had anomalously been replaced by a bust of Prince Charles of England (!). Experimentation on D-class subjects has been halted; an experimental test protocol is being formulated for tests on other currency and printed documents.
