Posted 11/25/2015 4:20 pm
For the vast majority of cases, it is a complete waste of time trying to figure out how a coin was damaged because damage is random and indiscriminant by its very nature. That wasted time would be put to better use by studying the minting process and learning what can and cannot happen when a coin is struck. Once you have a solid grasp of the minting process, determining damage vs. error becomes much easier.
