Looking for confirmation that this is a struck through error. Between the I and J of FIJI is an oblong shaped smooth divot that does not have a corresponding push out in the crown on the opposite side. (Medal alignment)
Hard to tell from the picture, can you take a more focused shot of the error? More than likely that it is a strike through because you'd hope that die wear like that would get seen to before it got that big.
Yeah I'd go strike through and bet that whatever was on the coin wasn't a solid piece of metal because the divot is too 'soft-edged' if that makes sense?
You'd normally get a hard border around the foreign piece if it was another bit of metal or something.
Thank you. It was the softness of the divot that had me wondering. If it had been scooped out as PMD there should have been scrapes and if it was impact there would have been opposite side bulging.
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