1973-D Lincoln Coin Error?

Its weird to me that both side the gash its inward like it was punched or pressedon both sides at the same time. The coin is not nent or warped.

Looks like it was held against the edge of a grinding wheel, twice.

@ebah, first welcome to CCF. Second, yes those sure look like damage to me. I will say that the area between 12 and 1 o'clock on the rev is odd as the rim seems to be largely intact. Being a high spot of the coin, I would expect that this would have been worn down along with the larger region that obliterates OF.

This is not the type of error that would/could occur at the mint, this is deliberate PMD.

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p.s.- I suggest you become acquainted with exactly how the mint processes coins, and how there're minted. Once you have this knowledge you'll see how the mints study them during production and how they move coins around. This is quite the education in itself! Google the term "How US coins are made". Watch a few videos & ask questions here of what you don't understand and we'll help you further.