1944 Mercury Dime With Tiny Hole In Edge?

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jstav Valued Member United States 179 Posts	Posted 02/03/2017 7:12 pm Hello everyone! I am just getting into coin collecting, and happened to find a strange Mercury dime with a tiny hole in the edge, and evidence that something erupted through the obverse side. See attached pic. What could cause this? its pretty cool, and weird at the same time. Report this Post to the Staff

CoinCollector2000 Pillar of the Community United States 2563 Posts	Posted 02/03/2017 7:34 pm Looks like an ex-jewelry piece Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 02/03/2017 7:40 pm Clearly PMD whatever the cause. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
jstav Valued Member United States 179 Posts	Posted 02/03/2017 7:56 pm I thought about it being jewelry or something, however I would think you usually don't drill a hole in the edge of a coin for mounting it. too much precision required. it looks to me like something was forced from the edge up through the obverse and cause that flap of metal to be pushed out. just a theory. Sure it could be PMD, but my logical brain wonders how could it have happened? You'd need a laser or very special drilling maching to cut a hole like that, and jewelry doesn't usually connect like that. I've been looking for pics of jewelry that would need a hole like that and haven't seen anything yet. Just not seeing how that hole would be useful for jewelry or mounting. Thanks for every bodies comments! Report this Post to the Staff
T-BOP Rest in Peace United States 18456 Posts	Posted 02/03/2017 8:03 pm Most people would wear their coin jewelry with obverse facing out . Not so with this coin . PMD ! How I don't know ? Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 02/04/2017 03:24 am I've seen coin jewelry where the coin is mounted in a ring using a pin inserted into the edge on either side so that the coin could be flipped, or could spin in the ring. Maybe they were drilling the first side, blew it and just tossed it back into circulation. Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 02/04/2017 04:29 am to CCF. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
macmercury Pillar of the Community United States 5833 Posts	Posted 02/05/2017 01:04 am It is most definitely some one testing piece, damage went through the obverse and coming out at the neck area like your picture shown. It is basically worth melt value. Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 02/05/2017 01:28 am Another idea,tried doing a cutout and initial drill point rotated,try,try again... Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 02/05/2017 10:30 am Just one of the many things people do to coins. Report this Post to the Staff
coin197 Pillar of the Community United States 1963 Posts	Posted 02/05/2017 11:07 am Looks like the work of a drill. Report this Post to the Staff
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