Just Another Lonely Soul With Nothing To Do But Mess With Jefferson Nickels?

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CCB420 Pillar of the Community United States 588 Posts	Posted 03/04/2023 8:56 pm So I was given this guy by a customer and like probably most ppl, I just said it was PMD, which is more than likely the case, but the more I looked and felt around, I'm not so sure? It's really smooth on both sides, there's no real damage to the rim of any significance, and very lil, if any bends in the coin, so now I'm questioning? Is it possible it was struck through something, or maybe some sort of a beoadstrike type issue that maybe could've happened? I'm not very familiar with either process so that's why I wanted to post some pics to see what everyone else thinks!! If it were a vise job, wouldn't we see some more significant dings or nicks somewhere? And for it to be so smooth to the touch plus not being bent anywhere, I can't come up with how an individual could do this to a coin is his basement? Maybe yall have seen similar coins or know of some chemical that could make a nickel look similar, but I cant? Report this Post to the Staff

HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 25168 Posts	Posted 03/04/2023 9:01 pm It's an anger management coin. Someone worked it over with a hammer. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21606 Posts	Posted 03/04/2023 9:05 pm What you see is impossible to happen when the coin was struck. It doesn't matter how it happened. PMD of sort. Report this Post to the Staff
ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19152 Posts	Posted 03/04/2023 9:30 pm Aye, post-strike damage of a rather vicious nature. Report this Post to the Staff
westernsky Pillar of the Community United States 7618 Posts	Posted 03/04/2023 10:27 pm Locomotive flattened is my guess Report this Post to the Staff
CCB420 Pillar of the Community United States 588 Posts	Posted 03/04/2023 10:31 pm I know it's irrelevant how it happened, but my Lil mind is always asking how could I replicate, but I was coming up with nothing! The smoothness is what was throwing me off, even though that reverse doesn't appear smooth in the pics, it's pretty smooth? Then after seeing someone's thread about struck through cloth, the 3rd pic kinda looked similar, but knew that couldn't explain the oblong shape! I thought about a hammer, but while I've never taken a hammer to a coin, I'd ASSume it wouldn't be so smooth! Then you put under magnification and your eyes start playing tricks on you! And I hear what you're saying about it being impossible to leave mint in that shape, but after some of the authentic off strike examples I've seen, seems like there's a possibility for things to leave the mint in shapes I would've said was impossible, but......there they are, all slabbed and authenticated, leaving me to question everything Report this Post to the Staff
nick10 Pillar of the Community United States 3207 Posts	Posted 03/04/2023 10:34 pm difficult to tell from such overmagnified, oversize pics that run off the display, but the coin looks flattened, perhaps via hammer Report this Post to the Staff
CCB420 Pillar of the Community United States 588 Posts	Posted 03/05/2023 12:34 am I do apologize, I'm lucky I did get a solid .750 batting average on keeping the pic on the display,but will try and include a bunch of crap in the next ones and zoom her on out! Could've sworn I read some where to crop pics to coin only, but I am running on fumes!! darn hospital workers wait for us to doze off then barge in!!! The nerve....I'll try and do a Lil better next time Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15425 Posts	Posted 03/05/2023 05:28 am Does not matter how it happened - some creative person found a way to make it look that way. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Report this Post to the Staff
lcutler Pillar of the Community United States 1657 Posts	Posted 03/05/2023 05:37 am Whatever it was flattened with was smooth, thus transferring the smooth damage to the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 95806 Posts	Posted 03/05/2023 08:49 am judging by the crimped appearance of the rim, I'd say that this is a crushed job. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
smat45 Pillar of the Community United States 2334 Posts	Posted 03/05/2023 09:41 am Looks like someone was able to hold the coin with their fingers and dip it in some acid...hence the details corresponding on both sides...? idk? smat Report this Post to the Staff
Cujohn Pillar of the Community United States 7174 Posts	Posted 03/05/2023 5:14 pm Take a hammer to some coins, you'll find they all look alike. Just like this one. Report this Post to the Staff
silviosi Pillar of the Community Canada 6244 Posts	Posted 03/05/2023 5:33 pm Poor coin, can not told as the pain has at one point to be pressed, hammered and others mad outsiders on. @smat45 if you say acid you has to specify more and not tell stories please. CCB420 will has no idea what to believe.+ PS: CCB420 Why you want to duplicate? Edited by silviosi 03/05/2023 5:36 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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