1980 50c Greaser Or PMD? - Coin Community Forum

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SallyG Valued Member Australia 382 Posts	Posted 01/12/2025 02:12 am I found this 50c today. It is in poor condition and I can't work out if it is PMD or a " Greaser". I tried to get good photos but these are the best I could manage so it may not be easy to determine what the cause of the missing details is. Anyway hoping someone out there can help out. I have weighed the coin (on my cheap scales) and it is 15.6g. The "AUST" in "Australia" is still visible which suggests to me that the missing details have not been scrapped off. I am interested to hear your thoughts, thank you. Report this Post to the Staff

ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19112 Posts	Posted 01/12/2025 07:24 am That's a rough one. I'm thinking post-strike damage, given the appearance of the rim in the 'anomalous' area. Report this Post to the Staff
HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 24894 Posts	Posted 01/12/2025 11:46 am It appears that there is corresponding lack of details on the obverse and reverse, so I think that your coin was smashed. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
captainmandrake1 Pillar of the Community United States 878 Posts	Posted 01/12/2025 5:12 pm Looks like a train ran over it. Report this Post to the Staff
SallyG Valued Member Australia 382 Posts	Posted 01/12/2025 9:55 pm Thank you for your ideas. I will put it down as "smashed" PMD. I can't see any rubbing or scrapping marks in that area and the rim is very slightly thinner there too. Other than the "AUST" there is no other detail from the designs visible. Must have been a pretty solid impact I guess? Cheers. Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 73595 Posts	Posted 01/12/2025 10:43 pm I'm thinking PMD as well. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
SallyG Valued Member Australia 382 Posts	Posted 01/13/2025 04:06 am Yep, I think PMD. I wonder what sort of impact caused it? If it was a " Greaser" it would have been a pretty good looking error when newly minted and no doubt snapped up into a collection fairly quickly. The coin has had a hard life but I will add it to my odds and sods as an example of unusual PMD. Thanks again for your interest and replies. Report this Post to the Staff
Mr T Pillar of the Community Australia 2180 Posts	Posted 01/17/2025 8:00 pm Acid maybe? Is the surface porous where the damage is? Report this Post to the Staff
SallyG Valued Member Australia 382 Posts	Posted 01/19/2025 6:14 pm The surface on both sides where the damage has occurred is relatively smooth. The surface on the obverse is also slightly concave with the edge of the coin being slightly thinner adjacent to the "AUST". The other damage evident in the attached picture (small nicks) is all over the coin and would be unrelated. Perhaps the missing details have been 'polished' off by something? It just seems odd to me that if that was the case and enough metal has been removed so that the coin is thinner at that point, then why didn't the "AUST" get completely removed too? The coin is not distorted in any other way and weighs 15.6g. Just an oddity I guess? Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187579 Posts	Posted 01/20/2025 09:28 am Interesting find. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Mr T Pillar of the Community Australia 2180 Posts	Posted 01/31/2025 7:23 pm Yeah if the AUST is still there then maybe it it's a planchet flaw? Report this Post to the Staff
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