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I kept tossing this penny to the side because the obverse was coated in something that looked like melted candy but I figured if I was going to toss it I may as well see what was underneath so I chipped it of with my fingernail cause I just had to see.   |
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Sorry I should have rotated this before I posted it.  |
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PMD or Something Else? Sorry but I only see damage. Those linear marks near LIBERTY are just scratches in the coin. Also--thank you for rotating your images--that helps! "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."
-----King Adz
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thanks for the reply I really appreciate everyone who takes the time.What I found odd if that is a scratch is why did it take off the end of the e it should just run through it? And there is the big divot in the head.
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Pillar of the Community
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My observation is a straight on hit, not a sideways scratch. I think POSSIBLE Struck Through. I see a gradual entrance AND exit of the mark. I think a scratch would show at least one end with a sharp entrance, if it were a scratch. I also don't see any residual leftover marks from the displaced E. The E appears to be smashed into the face of the coin. You can see remnants of the E where it should be. Also notice the ends of the E go both ways from the E. If it were a scratch they would both go the same way.
I'm convinced it's a Strike Through.
Dan
Edited by Panther
01/07/2019 2:15 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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To me this looks like a scratch. Why do I think that? Because if it were a hit, the sides of the hit would have raised higher. This look like the scratch took off the field and cut right through the 'E'. If it had been a hit there, there would have been a valley there and a raised area on each side. Also note the bottom of the trench is flat. A hit would have made curved area, not flat.
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Pillar of the Community
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Coop, look again, there is a rise on both side of the mark, what is causing the shadow ? Also explain the E damage extending both ways ?
Would a round object make a flat bottom trench ? The extra relief at the letter E would also cause less pressure at that point so not as deep of a trench.
You can also see that the E is pushed up and downward plus to the left.
Dan
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01/07/2019 2:24 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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 The upper shadow implies to me a rounded indent, with light coming from the right. Remnants of the compressed E, and direction E was pushed. Dan |
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Pillar of the Community
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One more observation. If it were a scratch would you see a slight deflection after the contact with the E, it seems very consistent on both sides. More in line with a strike from straight on.
Dan
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01/07/2019 2:44 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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I know what I'm talking about.  It will raise on a scratch, but rises a lot on a hit. Note the example above. |
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