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Has anyone seen something similar??
jhunnicutt
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I was going through some silver and found this on a 2000 ASE. Any ideas? 
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First guess is struck on a damaged planchet.
That's a brand. Must'a been a gangsta coin.
Post-mint damage. Welcome!
Only in Shanghai, possibly Shenzhen.
From the pic I don't see any distortion of the surrounding area as might be expected with a counterstamp. Might be a struckthru?
Eyes are tired so here goes.
Does not look incuse. Probably need a slightly angled pic.
First thoughts have already been mentioned then...
...what is left...
...that the artifact is glued/stuck on the shield. Why? I see slight discoloration around it which could be whatever was used to stick it.
Edit: To answer the the title question. No.
That is different.... looks to me like PMD... any more details? Straight from the mint? Where acquired?....Cheers, RickO
Question: At any point where the normal surface of the coin meets the void, is there metal that extends upwards above the normal surface of the coin? If so then the hole was presumably the result of post-Mint damage, such as a drill bit piercing the surface to see if it is copper underneath. People used to do similar test cuts in the 19th Century. Do a search on here for threads about "chop marks."
Did not even think of that - might well be the source of the anomaly.
Can't tell from that one (not close enough) photo,
but based on that one photo, I'm suspicious of
it as a struck thru - might be, but more photos need.
My first thought was struck thru.
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Umm, a chop mark??
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If indeed a struck thru, it sure got placed real well!
Pete