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Hi Jim
The coin looks damaged to me from the small pics,, appears to have been hammered or flattened by the hand of man .
My opinion may change if you can get me larger more detailed pics .
Rick
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The area of damage seems to be the same on Obv & rev. Could be strike thru, maybe grease. Got the word I was looking for today. Free at last. Still have to avoid crowded places, movie theaters, wally world,etc. But at least I can leave the house.
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Originally posted by stmpcol
The area of damage seems to be the same on Obv & rev. Could be strike thru, maybe grease. Got the word I was looking for today. Free at last. Still have to avoid crowded places, movie theaters, wally world,etc. But at least I can leave the house.
Looks like grease maybe. But yet there are two dents on the edges. Like metal mentioned, hammered? I don't know. |
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It looked mecanical or post mint rather at first , but I kept looking at and looking at it what affected the obverse equally offected the reverse, but up cloe I do not see signs of tampering . I have been wrong before thought I will see if I can blow up the pics, also the other one looks to me like it's missing its clad layer
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Metalman had it right...flattened with a hammer.
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Jim - On the first coin - the one pictured on both sides - I agree with the mechanical damage theory because the coin seems to be distorted and the radius increases in size in the impact area. The act of hammering the coin expands the coin because there is nothing to restrain expansion - any strike done in a collar (such as a grease or most strike throughs) can not physically increase the diameter. To settle the issue once an for all get a micrometer with a throat diameter larger than a quarter and measure the coin on an axis through the center of the feature and at 90 degrees to the feature.
In the case of an out of collar strike, there are no reeds around the edge of the coin at all. The reeds are on the collar.
Regarding the second coin - that appears to be corrosive damage of some sort also post-strike.
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