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Valued Member
United States
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Another one of grandpa's coins. Is that big smudge across Lincolns face PMD (and if so, what in the world could have caused it?) or do you guys think it was caused during minting?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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interesting that whatever caused it, didn't seem to affect the reverse. Not sure, but makes me lean toward error.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I want to say grease but the fact that the outside edge is raised by the forehead it points me towards PMD. But wait for an expert Edited by tweak800
06/20/2015 6:46 pm
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Valued Member
 United States
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Yeah, I was wondering about that too gymcoachdon. Why the reverse wasn't affected
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
193 Posts |
It's fairly deep but not really so deep that it would necessarily affect the reverse. Maybe I should weigh it? But I only have a .1 gram readability scale
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Because the metal is pushed up like that, I think it got squashed pretty hard.
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Valued Member
United States
193 Posts |
You would think SilverStackerKid, but, then you would think the reverse would be affected, too?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yep, squashed (probably deliberately) against a protected reverse, my best guess. Quite a sight!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6478 Posts |
Because it did not hit hard enough to push metal inward, only to push it outward.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
4911 Posts |
perhaps someone tried to melt mr. president?
Feel free to call me Will.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6478 Posts |
I don't think it would look like that. The reverse would also look affected if it was effected by heat. Unless you were sarcastic or something.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Depending on the weight, a tool like this could have removed metal without damaging the reverse and if dull would have pushed up some metal at the edge. Why , would be a different issue  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A routing bit on a dremal tool is what's in that picture. Maybe.. the why we would never know.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Note on the reverse, the rim is out of round. PSD |
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United States
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Coop, do you have an educated guess as to what might have caused that?
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Posted 06/20/2015 6:46 pm
