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76electrician Valued Member United States 260 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 09:13 am MD..? Also on TY? , , , Report this Post to the Staff

coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 09:43 am The TY looks normal. The date looks normal. The WE doesn't look normal, maybe damaged on that area? Report this Post to the Staff
HoboNickelCarver Pillar of the Community United States 717 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 09:49 am The "W" does look unusual. Report this Post to the Staff
76electrician Valued Member United States 260 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 10:03 am I'll post more pics. Thanks... Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 1:09 pm Because of the outline, could it be a die dent from a fallen out grease plug? That got stamped twice perhaps? I see two separate outlines. It wouldn't be Die Deterioration, none seen elsewhere, and a bit strange for a hubbings problem, but could be I fall other evidences were repaired....yeah, ....right! Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 3:03 pm On the 'W' 2/3 of it is shorter than the other 1/3 on the right. (incomparison to the 'E') I felt it was damaged partly. Report this Post to the Staff
76electrician Valued Member United States 260 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 4:19 pm ...it looks like a "D" on the bottom of the ..W.on Lincolns hair..stomach of."D"..seems to be facing..@ 2 o'clock #128336;? ...The 2 Dashes in the middle of the steps....look the same as the two In the corner of..W...in front side of penny? Report this Post to the Staff
76electrician Valued Member United States 260 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 4:24 pm Where I see the. ."D"..is right at the bottom of the 2 dashes in the left side corner of the ..W...might just be my eyes..? Hope this picks are better..thanks Report this Post to the Staff
NewMember Valued Member United States 274 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 4:31 pm Looks like the surface area, where the W is, shifted (somehow?) as it was being stamped... Report this Post to the Staff
76electrician Valued Member United States 260 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 6:52 pm ? Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 7:50 pm Hey Sparky, (I say that in camaraderie because I graduated w/ AA in Electronics...in 1976) I think Coop may be on to something. I love trying to figure these things out, so here's my best guess after doctoring your pix a bit. In RED #1 are three circles I'm not quite sure of but seem to be tied into YELLOW #2. This appears to be pushed up metal from a contact hit in a southward direction. BLACK #3 is a second contact hit but downwards into the face of the coin, Perhaps this was a just a single hit from a weird shaped object causing all three effects, but it is nonetheless just damage...weird as it is. There's always an answer, and when nothing "mechanical/die related fits, then it must be PMD. Whatcha think? Yeeeaaah, that waviness and three dots, it's coin contact from a reeded edge coin as depicted by this diagram I drew for a nickel problem....where #3 is rim, #2and #1 are a hopped edge. Edited by Crazyb0 05/22/2018 7:59 pm Report this Post to the Staff
NewMember Valued Member United States 274 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 8:04 pm Crazy, I gotta disagree. That placement would be extreeeemly coincidental, I think... Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 9:01 pm NM, Not in mixed bags of collected coins from banks, CoinStars and whatnots....all the banging and bouncing with massive weights, a well placed hit is quite possible. Now this one, with the wear, it may pre-date a coinstar operation but definitely not a small bank that used to send their mix to be counted either by it's parent or the Fed Depository. I'm fairly certain that is a reeded phenomenon. That COULD NOT have come from a Cent stamping chamber since the collars are flat. The only other scenario I could even imagine has a reeded coin entering the strike chamber, a very high improbability. And besides, the die metal is harder than the planchet/coin would be to make an affect on a die like that. Edited by Crazyb0 05/22/2018 9:03 pm Report this Post to the Staff
NewMember Valued Member United States 274 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 9:23 pm I still feel strongly, looking at this coin, that it absolutely had to have happened when it was struck. Report this Post to the Staff
76electrician Valued Member United States 260 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 10:43 pm Sounds like I finally fount something...for my colection...... Would there be any value to this...?maybe? Report this Post to the Staff
NewMember Valued Member United States 274 Posts	Posted 05/22/2018 10:49 pm Only if you consider knowledge valuable... (I kid) Keep it as a reminder. Monetarily, I would think not much, if any at all. BUT some folks might like 'em! My daughter once sold a shrinky dink on ebay for 26 bucks, true story. Report this Post to the Staff
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