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Three Dots On Old Franklins

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 Posted 01/20/2025  09:07 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Gungrave835 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Anyone seen three dots on silver franklins before? Any significance? I have them on two separate coins.

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 Posted 01/20/2025  09:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add halfamind to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
They are Reed Marks — common on larger coins that bang around against each other.
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Yes those crenulations are just mechanical damage as noted by @half.
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Yes, reeding hits--sadly.
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Reed Marks, common
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To CCF! Those are called Reed Marks. It's PMD.
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Agree with above comments, the coin(s) are suffering from hits by other coins. This more than likely happened at the mint when the coins were falling into the collection bins.
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