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Moderator
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New Member
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So is the conclusion defiantly the spring punch or ?
I'm confused
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Valued Member
Australia
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Appears to be PMD. All holes are the same size... It looks like moon craters. |
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Pillar of the Community
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@petef7365  It wasn't caused during minting. Unless you speak to the person who made the marks, you will probably never know for certain what caused it. I cannot see such marks adding historical value to the coin so in effect, it is a damaged coin worth no more than face value being 20c.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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i wonder that people are doing on these coins, testing out on cheap metal? so that they dont ruin actual sheet metal?
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i wonder that people are doing on these coins, testing out on cheap metal? so that they dont ruin actual sheet metal?
Nah. Just overly active people. Once had a young guy in the workshop at work who just couldn't keep still. If there was a drill handy while sitting at the work bench he'd drill holes in the bench just to be doing something. I can just imagine him using a spring punch on a coin because there was a punch and coin handy. He ended up joining the Navy which was the best thing for his excess energy. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Punch marking was the way that the ancients tested their gold and silver coins. Chinese chop marks on silver dollar sized coins are a more modern example.
Just deliberate post mint damage in this case.
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interesting fine....hbcx1 ... so with my little crator ... it looks like I'm with you ?  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Yeah looks like damage on the 1990.
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hbcx1's .....came across this 1971 piece. Does anyone know what the indents on it could have come from? could it have been from when it was made or ?
ive got a 1990..crator ....as well?
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Pillar of the Community
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Reminds me of this classic "roo hunter" PMD coin I found years ago   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Slug gun indentation there Machineman.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Poor shooting. No kill shots.  |
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Poor shooting. No kill shots. |
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