2010 MT Hood Quarter - PMD Or Mint Error?

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Mayflower2020 Pillar of the Community United States 624 Posts	Posted 10/15/2015 5:58 pm I got this Quarter back in change today and my first instinct was that it was Post Mint Damage, but when I inspected the edge of the coin in the troubled area I noticed that there were no ridges which makes me think that this was possibly an error at the mint and that it was somehow clipped slightly by the machine while it was being created. Thoughts? Experts? Just wanted to double check before I spent it because the lack of ridges struck me odd. Report this Post to the Staff

OspreyCoins Pillar of the Community United States 932 Posts	Posted 10/15/2015 6:03 pm Looks like PMD. Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 10/15/2015 6:05 pm Looks like PSD to me. A welder maybe? John1 Report this Post to the Staff
rollhunter31 Previously Banned Member 110 Posts	Posted 10/15/2015 6:13 pm Looks like PMD to me. Report this Post to the Staff
SilverStackerKid Pillar of the Community United States 6478 Posts	Posted 10/15/2015 10:08 pm Ouch. bad damage. Report this Post to the Staff
Mayflower2020 Pillar of the Community United States 624 Posts	Posted 10/17/2015 12:17 am That's my thought as well but the ridgeless edge threw me. Was hoping somebody had seen this before and could offer an explaination as to how it happend. Can't wrap my head around it. Report this Post to the Staff
cwb Pillar of the Community United States 3463 Posts	Posted 10/17/2015 12:32 am My best guess would be that someone was working on a coin operated vending machine without the proper tools and they needed a flat head screw driver to loosen the big screw just above the coin catch box. They most likely broke the end from their pocket knife blade then had the idea of locking a quarter in the jaws of a pair of ViceGrip™ pliers and using it to loosen the screw. The jaws of the ViseGrips™ caused the triangular mark on the edge and the two lines around the edge a little farther are from the first failed attempt at locking the quarter into the pliers jaws. I really don't know for sure that is what happened, just one possibility. You can see how the edge of the coin is bulged out at the site of the damage. This tells us that the coin was smashed that way and it didn't happen during the striking process. Report this Post to the Staff
Mayflower2020 Pillar of the Community United States 624 Posts	Posted 10/17/2015 3:49 pm Thanks cwb. I put it into my jar for spare change poker. Also congrats on 1000 posts exactly. Report this Post to the Staff
koinpro Pillar of the Community United States 1781 Posts	Posted 10/18/2015 11:08 am Better images would help but appears to be damage after struck ( PMD). Report this Post to the Staff
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