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United States
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Looks to be an Australian five cent piece.
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Australia
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From the side/edge view I would say this has been done after the reeding was applied to the coin,which would indicate PMD/post mint damage.
Edited by appleangel07
02/04/2012 10:03 am
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I get the feeling that it may have been under another blank which was stamped and the pressure has flattened it ...other side has no damage which makes me think it was still in the collar
Edited by larena
02/04/2012 10:27 am
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Australia
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I would think another blank being involved would mean that the whole surface of the coin would be affected rather than just the edge. I would lean towards PMD because I dont know of any errors like that and can not think of any other way for that to occur. |
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Formerly nancyc
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Uncertain of the cause, but definitely PMD.  Looks like it been 'touched up' with sandpaper, cement or similar rough surface. Possibly even got stuck in a clothes dryer, that would account for the rim's appearance. Some of our poor old coins cop a beating don't they?  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
Edited by Nevol
02/04/2012 5:18 pm
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It looks like a well circulated partial collar error.
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Australia
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Nancy, what puzzles me is that the rim on the other side is perfectly normal which leads me to believe it was still in the collar when this happened...if it was a dryer or something else, you would think both sides would be affected ?
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The reverse looks to me to be very similar to Ausjack's coin, here, which I speculated may have been caused by being placed on an extremely hot surface (over 1350 deg C) until it started to melt. If so, his was fried on both sides, yours only on one. 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
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Well Sap...I am a potter and I know what would happen if a coin was subjected to that temperature. The whole coin would be affected but this one is still normal on the obverse , so it's not been done by heat. Yes, mine is similar to Ausjack's (centre pic), so I presume they both suffered the same fate, but it's not heat. And as you can see the central part of the coin has not been affected, so its been done by pressure on the outer edge in one hit.
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Edited by larena
02/05/2012 05:23 am
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Australia
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Interesting. I will have to look into "thesandpit"s theory some more. I am pretty sure I had one like this and threw it back thinking that it was just PMD... |
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Maybe you should ask thesandpit ( Peter ) if you can send it to him for closer inspection,then you'd know for sure one way or the other & we all might learn something new.
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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Normally I would bow down to the opinion of the far more knowledgeable thesandpit, but in this instance I have to disagree. Look at how little wear there is on the Obverse. How can it be a ‘well circulated' anything, with the reverse copping all the wear, and the obv hardly any. There are quite noticeable gouge marks all over the rim on the reverse. If it is so well circulated to cause that much damage to just one side, it is a most unfortunate coin. I still say PMD!  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Aahhaa! just had a thought....could it have been 2 blanks and the top rim has been flattened in the process, which would explain all the flattened rim which has uniform pattern on it
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if it was 2 blanks woudnt one side have no markings?
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no...it is anchored to the bottom one . ?
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