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1979 - 1989 5 Cent Weak Strike

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Thank you everyone for the feedback! I have no intent on selling or trading the coin and after the debate in this thread sounds like it is a piece worth keeping in my collection.

The weight and bust dates the coin 1979-1981. I know I am new at this, but to me both sides of the coin show the same pattern of wear and none of it is circular. So IMHO for the reverse to be PMD it would have needed to have been done when the coin was near mint condition, possibly a bored high school student in shop class, and then returned into circulation for ~10 years before I found it in my change.

However, to me it is unlikely that the coin would show such uniform "damage" to the reverse if not intentional. It also, in my amateur eyes, looks similar to the images in SPP-Ottawa's picture.

It is unfortunate that the coin was found after so long in circulation that things are not more clear cut.
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When I saw your coin, I thought it might have been Struck Through Grease on the reverse, which would also explain no loss in weight, and detail preservation in the middle of the devices and denticals. If your coin was in EF or better condition, it would have collectable value as an error.

Unfortunately, now, it is a conversation piece, because circulation wear and damage has basically rendered a potential error worthless.

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