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 Posted 03/06/2012  06:12 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add larena to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
What do you make of this....as you can see, where it is incused there is no sign of other markings having been pressed in and both sides line up exactly

Given the overall design of the coin, it makes me wonder

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 Posted 03/06/2012  06:15 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add enworb to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
definitely PMD

thin pliers or something similar
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 Posted 03/06/2012  06:19 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add trout1105 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

Quote:
definitely PMD

thin pliers or something similar


side cutters
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 Posted 03/06/2012  06:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add enworb to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
wire cutters was what I was thinking but the word slipped my mind
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 Posted 03/06/2012  06:26 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add trout1105 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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but the word slipped my mind

that seems to happen to me quite often these days
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 Posted 03/06/2012  06:30 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add larena to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
So , if that's the case, what has happened to the rest of the printing etc.Been practicing with my microscope so here's some close-ups

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 Posted 03/06/2012  06:32 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add enworb to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
what do you mean by the rest of the printing sorry, all seems ot be normal to me
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 Posted 03/06/2012  06:34 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add larena to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
where the design is missing (incused) shouldn't I be able to see the remains of the letters etc?
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 Posted 03/06/2012  06:36 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add FNQ to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Absolutely PMD - pliers, snips, wire cutters - take your pick.
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 Posted 03/06/2012  06:37 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add enworb to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
No way you could see the lettering in the damage if it has been clinched with wire cutters or similar that hard.
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 Posted 03/06/2012  06:38 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add enworb to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
get some wire cutters or thin pliers and give it a go yourself
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 Posted 03/06/2012  06:41 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add larena to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
HEY! I believe you! I believe you!

Too busy working this camera out to go do that tonight
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 Posted 03/06/2012  06:45 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add enworb to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
A guide to

step 1: get some pliers for $10 & $10 of $2 coins.

step 2: get busy making the coins cry (erkle amd trout are torture masters)

step 3: bang em on the bay as "rariest mint error" for $5000 a pop

step 4: sit back and as some moron actually places a bid
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 Posted 03/06/2012  06:51 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add trout1105 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Here is a brand new one from trout's PMD workshop

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and the required equipment


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 Posted 03/06/2012  06:53 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add larena to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Trout you need to practice more....mine are much neater and defined ...........
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 Posted 03/06/2012  06:59 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bellyflorin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
i reckon a bored electrical apprentice , using his bosses side cutters ,he needs a kick up the posterior .
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