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Rest in Peace
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Nothing but Post Mint Damage .  |
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That wouldn't surprise me for the holes and could be the case for the rim separation, I'm not very experienced in rim details like that but what would a person/conditions/environment do to cause the separation of the rim like that? I'm genuinely curious.
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@jmcleam You need to ask the question a different way. What could happen in the minting process that would make those marks? There are an almost infinite number of ways for a coin to be damaged, but only a relatively small number of ways errors can occur. It looks like there is some metal displacement, especially in the 2nd pic, although I can't be certain. If there is metal displacement, that would not occur on a coin that was struck in a collar. So I am leaning towards PMD. |
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I'm not disputing its possibility of PMD, and I'm just genuinely curious, not looking or holding hope its some rare error but yes, as John1 mentioned it did look to me like rim finning from the limited research I've done, so I was curious what PMD would cause that as I rarely see that on other coins. |
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I believe it left the mint as shown less the wear but the hole in the edge of the coin shows no metal displacement. I'd look at this the same as a Struck Through Grease or debris only on the rim in this case. There is the possibility it was there before the blank was run through the upset machine but It's hard to say from the pictures provided. As a curiosity I'd keep it and note it on the 2x2 but I wouldn't expect anything more in value. All the same it's a nice coin. Cheers, Bill |
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For the reverse rim being the way it is, I always thought of rim fins as being similar but much thinner and in many cases they tend to curl at the tips
When they are distinctively stepped like yours appears I always referred to them as a collar clash at this point.
This is how I've always approached it but I could be wrong.
Others may correct me.
Cheers, Bill
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I appreciate the input and information hounddog. Yea,im not anticipating any value,but I was admiring the unique toning, (can't see full toning effects in these pics) and noticed those other peculiarities and wanted to learn about them or what they possibly are. I have a small side collection of nicely toned, horribly toned, and extremely damaged cents just because they are all so unique looking and this ones headed there.
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The opposite rim is slightly narrower, so it's a slightly off-centre strike from misaligned dies -very common on almost all years with round small cents. For "nicely" toned cents, see : http://goccf.com/t/429803 |
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