1942 No Mint Mark Half Dollar - Looks To Be Struck On Damaged Planchet.

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Newbie15 New Member United States 40 Posts	Posted 08/20/2024 8:55 pm I see grooves/lines running on both sides of the Half Dollar. However, It appears as if the detailed areas are above the grooves and doesn't seem to be post mint damage. I've keep looking at it but it doesn't makes sense to me. Thoughts. Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34410 Posts	Posted 08/20/2024 9:04 pm I agree it is odd looking, but still am convinced that it didn't leave the mint with those grooves. My vote is 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 Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 08/20/2024 9:34 pm No question this is PMD. Report this Post to the Staff
Newbie15 New Member United States 40 Posts	Posted 08/20/2024 9:48 pm My big question is how do you get a groove that deep and not affect the letters it goes through much. It goes right up to the letters but not through them. To me this would have to have been done on purpose to get it like that. You can see the groove in the top hole in the letter B. I've had this coin for 35+ years. I just pulled because I start looking for error coins. If this was done it was a while ago. If it is post mint damage can you please explain why the letters do not have the groove in them. Thanks Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34410 Posts	Posted 08/20/2024 10:08 pm Well there are a jillion different ways that a coin can be damaged, so it is impossible to do more than speculate. I'll do that in a minute, but I think that a better way for looking at these things is not "how was this damaged?" but rather "could this have happened during the minting process?" Unless someone added metal to the die, then it was not struck like this. And that doesn't happen so you must have something that isn't a minting error. For your coin, someone could have taken a pointed object--even a ballpoint pen--and gouged a roughly circular gouge in the field. When they came to a letter or other raised portion from the field, they could have lifted up that pointed object and then continued on with the gouge on the other side of the letter. "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
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74233 Posts	Posted 08/20/2024 11:16 pm Definitely PMD. How, I don't know. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 08/21/2024 03:36 am PMD. In regard to the scratch not going over the letters, simple wear. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Newbie15 New Member United States 40 Posts	Posted 08/21/2024 06:54 am Thanks for the feedback. I appreciate it. I had a feeling it was PMD but stopping at the letters the way it does threw me off. Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 96209 Posts	Posted 08/21/2024 08:22 am to CCF. I agree it is strange looking, but John1 most likely nailed the solution here, simple wear. I do see a few spots where I can a remnant of the scratch on top but is mostly gone. 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
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