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Valued Member
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Valued Member
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How do you know it was not shaved with something?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Post-strike damage--the coin didn't leave the striking chamber in that condition.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Just damage, probably deliberate.  to the CCF! |
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Well it could have been struck a little on the heavy side, but the damage to the rims is pretty evident and may have brought the weight down to close to the target mint spec.
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Valued Member
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I jst added a pic of edge, no files scars.  |
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United States
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That is an interesting vantage point @thu. Thx for adding that edge picture. The deep scratches on the front and back of the coin that nearly obliterate the rims have "smeared" metal over onto the edge. That is why the edge looks slightly cupped. This isn't a mint error, but rather 100% mechanical damage.
"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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Pillar of the Community
United States
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to the CCF! I have to agree that this is just Post Mint Damage ( PMD) and not an error. NOTE: The following is only a guess, but the damage makes me wonder if the coin may have been used as a shim on some type of engine or frame assembly. I've seen similar damage on old washers used to help stabilize wobbly equipment. All of the metal is still in place, but it has been push to the outside of the rim over the reeds. ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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Valued Member
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I appreciate the input, then how is it possible to shave the ridges off the silver on the edge but not touch the copper in the middle?
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Forum Dad
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There are a billion ways to damage a coin, there are a billion ways to damage anything. This cannot happen during the minting process, so one of those billion ways happened.
How did this happen is not the right question, the right question is can this happen during the minting process.
Of course, this requires familiarizing yourself with the minting process.
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Moderator
United States
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Looks like a Dremel tool and a cutoff wheel was used.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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100% filed or ground down. They filed down the rim, face of the coin not the diameter.
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Valued Member
United States
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I've thank everybody for their input. I just can't understand. Why is the weight 2.29. If shaved that would have weighed 2.35 at least?
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United States
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Well looking at the rim you posted up and it looks like there is some metal up and over the reeds of this dime. If so, it is possible that when somebody was grinding (or what ever) on it that some of the metal was not removed, but instead just re-located to the edge. and Viola - not much metal lost, and weight retained.
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Valued Member
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Thanks everyone for the info. Question, say if I actually find a error coin, where would a newbie like me send or take a coin to verify it is a mint error not deliberate?
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where would a newbie like me send or take a coin to verify it is a mint error not deliberate? Right here at the CCF of course. You have already heard from a few true experts and their hard-earned wisdom did not cost you a cent. We're here to help and if you come up with a true mint error coin we can ID to for you. |
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Posted 05/18/2023 09:00 am
