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Silver Gorilla Valued Member 286 Posts	Posted 03/26/2012 6:58 pm Hello friends and family, I held on to this one for sometime now and was wondering how in the world did it get damaged. On the Obverse top of the head 3 holes and just below on his face a big S and to the bottom just under his neck 3 holes. My Question is, what on earth happened ? was this coin supposed to be destroyed by the government ? or something did it intentionally. And is it Russian All comments are helpful Report this Post to the Staff

amida17 Pillar of the Community United States 4897 Posts	Posted 03/26/2012 7:02 pm KM# 96 10 Drachmai Greece.... Report this Post to the Staff
Silver Gorilla Valued Member 286 Posts	Posted 03/26/2012 7:07 pm Thanks for the identification of the coin, But is it supposed to look like this and is this an error or mint damage or was it someone that just damaged it. Edited by Silver Gorilla 03/26/2012 7:10 pm Report this Post to the Staff
amida17 Pillar of the Community United States 4897 Posts	Posted 03/26/2012 7:12 pm I would GUESS the counterstamp was done outside the mint. There have been instances of governments marking a coin to make it a new denomination. I have no idea if any contemporary Greek coin was revalued this way... Report this Post to the Staff
Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 03/26/2012 7:29 pm my opinion is that it is PMD, and might have been a politically-motivated statement directed at the King's effigy. You can read about him here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consta...II_of_Greece Report this Post to the Staff
thai-vic Pillar of the Community Thailand 1509 Posts	Posted 03/26/2012 8:09 pm Or someone just messing around with his/her father/mother's drill and letter punch set? Report this Post to the Staff
Silver Gorilla Valued Member 286 Posts	Posted 03/26/2012 8:48 pm Thanks amida17, Peter and Thai. Makes sense after reading your post on Wiki Peter, But I'm still scratching my head here thinking it could be just what Thai said. Report this Post to the Staff
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