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jackson12345 Valued Member Canada 72 Posts	Posted Yesterday 07:07 am Just received a new lot of auction coins I had just won, and while taking a quick glance through them this particular coin jumped right out at me. My initial thought was a resemblance to the Phantom of the Opera mask. Other photos then appeared as if the queen's left jaw and skull were removed, as if looking at an anatomy model. The coin has definitely been roughly handled, but the queen's alterations appear more mint oriented to me. Your thoughts and comments would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Report this Post to the Staff

HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 25767 Posts	Posted Yesterday 07:40 am Just PMD. You can see how the reverse bulges outward opposite that area of Victoria's face. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21669 Posts	Posted Yesterday 09:30 am Just damage. Report this Post to the Staff
okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5596 Posts	Posted Yesterday 09:57 am Yep, she just lived a hard life. Report this Post to the Staff
mcshilling Pillar of the Community Canada 9191 Posts	Posted Yesterday 1:14 pm PMD maybe road kill Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16876 Posts	Posted Yesterday 10:47 pm Quote: ...The coin has definitely been roughly handled, but the queen's alterations appear more mint oriented to me... Occam's Razor says that there's really only one "bad thing" that is likely to have happened to the coin. We know it's been bashed about quite badly; evoking the "roughly handled" explanation for some of the damage and some other "mint oriented" explanation for the rest of the damage is overly complicated, when the simplest (and therefore most probable) explanation is "it's all damage from being bashed about". Further, there isn't really a way to get that kind of damage happening to a coin during the production process - a strike through, perhaps, but a strike through does not cause corresponding damage to the other side, which is clearly evident by the raised patches on the reverse of your coin. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 75418 Posts	Posted Yesterday 11:09 pm All damage ( PMD) here. No errors. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 25767 Posts	Posted Yesterday 11:31 pm I'm contemplating getting one of these hobo nickels made from a V nickel: Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
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