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JustRandomCoins Valued Member Australia 101 Posts	Posted 04/26/2026 12:25 am Maybe a railroad error Edited by JustRandomCoins 04/26/2026 7:03 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16806 Posts	Posted 04/26/2026 04:23 am Sorry, but that's not what a "railroad rim" look like. This is likely PMD from the edge of another coin pressing down onto the rim of this coin. A "railroad rim", more properly known as a "partial collar error", is where the coin planchet doesn't sit properly in the collar, so when it is struck, only some of the edge receives the reeding. https://www.australian-coins.com/er...llar-errors/ 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
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21584 Posts	Posted 04/26/2026 08:04 am A railroad rim affects the edge of the rim, not the top. Report this Post to the Staff
JustRandomCoins Valued Member Australia 101 Posts	Posted 04/26/2026 08:46 am I gleened ... The railroad error effect reflects both the track and it reflects the wheel of a train. 'railroad rim' when it looks like a wheel and a "railroad track' when it's two grooves. Probably. However then again true to the numurist style probably not. I'm guessing it all falls under "Partial Collar" There are very little examples to look at for something said to be common enough, however it's probably using the word railroad that's uncommon. Thank you for setting my straight on the tracks with this. Just curious the reeding looking groves on the top of the coin rim does that have a specific name? Edited by JustRandomCoins 04/26/2026 08:53 am Report this Post to the Staff
Brandmeister Pillar of the Community United States 6452 Posts	Posted 04/26/2026 8:05 pm There are a few amateur sites out there that incorrectly describe a collar clash as a railroad rim, because the serrated clash looks like train tracks. The confusion is understandable. Does this coin have a collar clash, or is that how it's supposed to look? Report this Post to the Staff
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