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New Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Nothing happened, sorry, just a damage coin after strike.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10635 Posts |
I'm seeing a great deal of post mint damage. Your photos are so out of focus, it's difficult to see everything that might be going on with your CENT. Where exactly are you seeing die cracks? Better photos would definitely help us to help you.   to the CCF! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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pics are over magnified, too large and distorted, which makes for a difficult determination
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Moderator
 United States
95740 Posts |
 with above, about the quality of the pictures. Your coin is just a very damaged coin though. |
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Moderator
Australia
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As a general rule: if you see a coin that has some obvious damage and corrosion on it, assume everything unusual about that coin is because of that damage. The probability of a rare and interesting error coin being made, and then suffering from heavy circulation and resultant post-mint damage so that "mint error" and "damage" are all mixed up together across the surface of the coin, is really quite low. Quote:
...but upon close inspection I see movement of parts of letters, die cracks (I believe)... Occams Razor says that, rather than multiple odd mint-error-like things happening to this coin all at once, a single simpler explanation is much more likely to be the explanation. That simple explanation in this instance is "roadkill damage". More specifically, it's "old" roadkill damage; the coin has repatinated (possibly by burial) since the damage occurred, and apparently then seen some additional circulation, causing the brown patina to wear away from the high points. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Valued Member
United States
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I concur that there's a lot of post-mint damage ( PMD) here. I'd still keep it, though; if anything, it's still copper! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Mush post strike-damage of a road rash-like nature. Agree with Sap's break-down.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Same. to the CCF! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7174 Posts |
to the CCF and |
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United States
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to the Community! |
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Posted 07/03/2022 10:56 pm
Would love to get the opinions of some folks like you guys who are so well versed in this all - hopefully I can learn something! Thanks! 
