1853 Seated Half Dollar ~ Mint Error Or PMD

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glenbejoe New Member United States 48 Posts	Posted 07/12/2018 12:39 am Haven't been here for a while, thought I would throw this one at you guys and gals. Report this Post to the Staff

spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 07/12/2018 02:18 am That is quite interesting. Because of the matching effects on the reverse, it seems the planchet was incomplete pre-strike. It could have been a peeled lamination flaw or a tapered planchet. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
Adam_E Pillar of the Community United States 4846 Posts	Posted 07/12/2018 02:32 am This is incredibly interesting, I agree with speuett, it was likely incomplete before being struck, whats odd to me is how complete the rim is, does the edge look normal? Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 07/12/2018 11:48 am I would say PSD. If it had been a pre-strike lamination I would expect the side with the lamination to show some texturing of the surface. And with either a tapered planchet or an lamination of that size I would expect it to show some kind of weakness where it crosses the rim. This isn't showing that. Report this Post to the Staff
SilverDollar2017 Pillar of the Community United States 8715 Posts	Posted 07/12/2018 11:55 am I'm going to agree with Conder - PMD. I don't really know what could have caused this if it is a mint error. Will wait for some experts to chime in. Edited by SilverDollar2017 07/12/2018 11:57 am Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21610 Posts	Posted 07/12/2018 1:01 pm I'm with the PMD crowd on this one. There is a semicircle of the field below the denticles that comes to a point in the corners plus there is some displaced metal that to me gives the appearance of being removed intentionally. Also on the reverse there is what appears as being tool marks where the copy was removed. Bottom line is that it doesn't matter how it was removed, if it wasn't done at the mint, it's not an error. Report this Post to the Staff
Adam_E Pillar of the Community United States 4846 Posts	Posted 07/12/2018 1:28 pm I just spoke to Randy Campbell here at the FUN show, he agrees that it was altered outside the mint, still quite curious though! Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74276 Posts	Posted 07/13/2018 3:03 pm It's Post Strike Damage, not an error. It happened after it left the U.S. Mint. Still interesting though. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
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