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Anyway of telling if this was a mint error or tampered with. The entire outside rim is in complete form.
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Pillar of the Community
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Rest in Peace
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Definitely a Post Strike Damaged coin, that just DON'T happen at the mint. Now what caused it...since only one side is affected, it has been ground or sanded down. Dryer Coins will alter BOTH surfaces, and usually so will being caught in any other mechanism. This was held down secure and worked on only the one side. Here's how it's done:   Edited by Crazyb0
08/26/2018 3:10 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Not an error. It's PMD. Done intentionally after it left the mint. Somebody has ground it down, possibly to fit in a betzel or some other form of holder for jewellery. Crazyb0- You beat me by a minute. Glad we both agree. Edited by JimmyD
08/26/2018 3:00 pm
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Thanks. I appreciate the good info.
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Pillar of the Community
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Could also have had 1 side exposed to acid.
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Could also have had 1 side exposed to acid. Possibly, but I agree with @crazyb0 that a belt sander seems much more likely based on the pattern of damage. In the end I guess that it doesn't much matter--this clad dime is a spender. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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There are circularly-radiating scratch lines, like it was held against a rotating wire brush.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Agree, good theory.  to the CCF! |
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I would agree more with a wire brush or file (more control and not as dangerous) than the belt sander.
KK
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Bedrock of the Community
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I think both theories are plausible. There are stationary belt sanders that this could be done on. I can see this type of this damage happening via either a stationary belt sander or a bench grinder.
Is it shellacked too? The obverse looks glossy.
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Bedrock of the Community
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No matter what happened to it, it's Post Strike Damage (it happened after it left the U.S. Mint). It's worth face value unfortunately.
Errers and Varietys.
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Always makes me wonder why anyone spends time doing that.
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To do it that evenly on just the one side I say mounted in a lathe and then the edge ground off. Much better control.
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