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First and third look like someone tried to clip them with a bolt cutter or similar. Second took a hard hit from a pointed object, like a screwdriver.
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The problem I found with the first one is there is no rim damage and the damage that does exist runs in different directions from the obverse and the reverse. The third coin looks like bolt cutters from the obverse, But when you look at the reverse there isn't a corresponding line, but popped bubbles! This is why I posted these!
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All look like PSD to me. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
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John, The damage on coin #1 Doesn't look a bit out of place to you, given that they run in different directions obverse to reverse?
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Hammer + Chisel = your nickel.
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Bedrock of the Community
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All PMD. Sorry, no extra added value. Worth 5 cents. Errers and Varietys.
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The second coin I do completely get it. But on the first coin, On the obverse how would the damage go across the shoulder then start again at a lower level?Then start again on the reverse at a different angle and never tuouch the rim? Also the third coin, what would cause the "bubbling" on the reverse. I'm not trying to say y'all are wrong I just want to know what would cause this.
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Bedrock of the Community
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The answer is easy on coin number one - the defacing device cut into the high points first (bust obverse, Monticello reverse).
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Very nice PSD on all . Majority rules . |
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But on the first coin, On the obverse how would the damage go across the shoulder then start again at a lower level?Then start again on the reverse at a different angle and never tuouch the rim? Also the third coin, what would cause the "bubbling" on the reverse. I'm not trying to say y'all are wrong I just want to know what would cause this. This appears to have been intentionally damaged in stages which is why it might not make sense. It's not like it got one hit with one item. It's like it got hit and hit and hit and someone was trying all the chisels or whatever. The bubbles are from heat or acid. I really can't tell the difference but it could have been torched. It's really impossible to know with absolute certainty what happened to a lot of damaged coins. |
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The "bubbling" was caused by the coin getting whacked on a textured surface, most likely concrete/cement.
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Or sand like on sand paper or just laying on the surface on what it was hammered onto. Spend ables.
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