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1879 UK Half Penny Coin Damage

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 Posted 09/10/2016  01:38 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add ccnz to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
What type of Damage is this ?

Normal

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Damaged coin?

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 Posted 09/10/2016  11:39 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add otto to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like mint damage. Someone will know specifics.
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 Posted 09/10/2016  6:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add alganbagerap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like a lamination error.
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 Posted 09/10/2016  6:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I think it is simply PMD - metal displacement from a severe rim hit.
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 Posted 09/11/2016  05:02 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ccnz to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Well the helmet looks a little squashed, so it may be PMD.

Not sure about the golf club looking blob between the F and the Pike. There is definitely looks to be some sort of damage to the top part of the coin where a chunk of the coin is missing, but for it to form like a golf club looking blob? doesn't look like PMD on that bit.
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It might be helpful to see the reverse.
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 Posted 09/11/2016  6:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ccnz to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Obverse - 1879 uk half penny

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 Posted 09/12/2016  12:07 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It's definitely PMD, not a mint error.

On a more modern coin, we might call such damage "lawn mower damage". On an ancient coin, we'd call it "trowel damage". Not quite sure what you'd call it on a piece of this vintage, though it's been caused by being hit with some force by a bladed tool.
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