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Cud Valued Member United States 52 Posts	Posted 10/19/2023 8:33 pm Howdy...any guesses what caused this one? Report this Post to the Staff

nick10 Pillar of the Community United States 3207 Posts	Posted 10/19/2023 8:45 pm Unable to fully evaluate because your photos are overmagnified beyond the 800x800 pixels the board recommends. Please use a size of 800x800 or so because that tends to make a sharper image, and works with more equipment which allows more members to participate. Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74444 Posts	Posted 10/19/2023 9:03 pm It's not an error. It's been damaged after it left the U.S. Mint. PMD. Not sure how exactly, since there's many ways a coin can get damage after leaving the Mint. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34419 Posts	Posted 10/19/2023 9:04 pm Yes that is all damage--this isn't a clipped planchet. "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 Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 96580 Posts	Posted 10/19/2023 9:05 pm intentionally damaged - the edges were ground off. 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
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 10/19/2023 9:17 pm Agree, just damage. Sorry, terrible pics. Edited by Coinfrog 10/19/2023 9:31 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Cud Valued Member United States 52 Posts	Posted 10/19/2023 10:31 pm What are yall using Commodore 64's? lol Maybe something happened with the pics they looked fine to me idk? Tomorrow I'll try to take new ones. I'll describe it as I see it. Looks like it happened at the mint. The flap of copper that forms the edge is bent over what looks like a rand of some sort. A portion of it is straight and the remainder follows the circumference. It's not ground off more like something foreign with serrations got wedged between the edge of planchet and when it was struck the flap folded over it. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 10/19/2023 10:33 pm Give it up, @Cud. This could not possibly have happened at the mint. Seriously. Edited by Coinfrog 10/19/2023 10:35 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 96580 Posts	Posted 10/19/2023 10:35 pm My Vic-20 is up and running just fine, and this coin is just intentionally damaged AFTER it left the mint. Nothing at the coin press could have done this. 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
Cud Valued Member United States 52 Posts	Posted 10/19/2023 10:39 pm I should clarify the part about the flap. It's like the planchet was too big for the anvil and formed a flap. The seam of it goes around entire circumference Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74444 Posts	Posted 10/19/2023 10:39 pm Cud, sorry, but this didn't happen at the Mint. All of this is damage. Studying about the minting process, will help you understand that this isn't possible to happen during the minting process. Take some time and read about the minting process. https://www.usmint.gov/learn/produc...n-production Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
oddguy Pillar of the Community United States 4135 Posts	Posted 10/19/2023 10:44 pm I can make as many of these as you want with my grinder and my vise (for the reed look). Report this Post to the Staff
Cud Valued Member United States 52 Posts	Posted 10/19/2023 10:46 pm I'm taking my penny and going home lol Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 96580 Posts	Posted 10/20/2023 07:36 am OK, see ya later. hope to see more that you have to get evaluated. 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
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 10/20/2023 07:41 am Not an error. Intentional damage. How it happened only one person knows for sure. PMD all day long. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Cujohn Pillar of the Community United States 7174 Posts	Posted 10/20/2023 4:10 pm I'm thinking the "reeds" are from a serrated bottom jaw tin snips. They were made to hold onto the work so it didn't slip. The obverse was the smooth jaw. Report this Post to the Staff
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