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Valued Member
Greece
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Hi my name is Christos, from Greece I am confused, because on the surface of the planchet there are both recess and bumps as present. I would be obliged if someone could inform me if those are due to damage or attributed to mintage error. Thank you, Christos   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It is unfortunately PMD, Post Mint Damage. Welcome to the forum! |
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Sweden
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See how the metal has been forced around and how there are circular scraches all over the coin? It would be incredibly hard for a mint to produced such a coin through unintentional ways, i.e. an error. I can imagine it has been run over by cars. Spend it unless you find it interesting in some way.
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Moderator
 United States
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And  to CCF. John1  |
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Valued Member
 Greece
80 Posts |
Thank you for the logical answers. Please look at the new pictures. (The other side is in uncirculated condition!) Thanks again, Christos  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm sorry but each of the marks circled are just damage. I agree with X2an in that the coin was run over by cars. to the forum. If you keep looking, you can find coins that carry some value. |
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Greece
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This could be an explanation, but I wonder how in that case, it is possible, leaving the one side of the coin intact-uncirculated.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Here's my theory: the damaged side was touching the ground. Then when the car came, the rubber of the tires didn't scratch the coin since it (the rubber) is softer than the metal, while the other side was scraped up on the pavement.
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United States
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 with Numisma |
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Slovenia
459 Posts |
Tend to agree. I found similar coins at parking lots or gas station (always 1 cent). But you can really see the damage here since your coin is otherwise not so worn as most of those 'found-on-ground' coins are.
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Valued Member
Greece
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Thank you for your answer. I have no reason to question your opinion, but I would be obliged if you could explain to me how the differences in the pictures below occurred.  |
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Valued Member
Greece
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And here  |
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Valued Member
Greece
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Here?  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5324 Posts |
Take a new Euro coin and place it over a thick piece of leather and take another coin flip it over and bash it over a wood 2x4 you get close to this result. Also welcome
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Greece
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New Member
Russian Federation
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Damaged but not mint error in anyway.
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Posted 12/13/2015 12:41 pm
