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Valued Member
United States
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Hello, I'm new here! Hope you guy can help with my coins!  |
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Moderator
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@ima, first welcome to CCF. Second, rather than a mint error, your coin has been damaged. I suspect that there will be further evidence of the damage on the reverse.
"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
United States
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Looks like someone tried to cut it with a tin snips.  to the CCF! |
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Valued Member
 United States
340 Posts |
Thanks for replying so quick!This is the back side!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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to the CCF and  PMD. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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"AWESOME" and PMD are usually two phases that usually don't go together. PMD coins are damaged and carry no premium.  |
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United States
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to the Community! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It is a damaged coin victim of a wire cutter, if you provide the FULL picture of the reverse we can see the corresponding cut on the opposite side.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Note on the area above the '5' on this coin: 1. Note the mark is incuse. This means the coin was damaged post strike. 2. Also note on that area on the metal. Note there is a movement direction of disturbed metal. If this were a mint error, then there would be not push upwards with the metal. It shows a like a pushed snow look on that area. If this were a struck through a rim bur for example, the metal would be affected, but there would be no push upwards on a mint error.  Note on the outside edge of the struck through rim bur, there is no metal movement? Why? Because the die contains the metal movement to show the affected areas of the design, and because of the rim bur, the fields on this coin is affected, at the rim of the strike. On your coin, the pushed metal shows that is was not a mint error, but damaged post strike. Just a face value for a damaged coin. |
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Valued Member
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Awesome!! Thanks for all the info guys!
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Moderator
United States
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I agree with a wire cutter making this mark.
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Posted 01/18/2023 7:33 pm
