Quiz. What is this characteristic??
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This characteristic s fairly common on vintage coins especially 1940's - 60's. Identify it.
Quiz. What is this characteristic??
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Do we get to see a pic?
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LOL. Poster error. I said it was common.
PMD ?
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PMD.
Did that coin get run through a counting machine?
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I'm thinking PMD too.
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Post-Mint Damage
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Definitely PMD, but I would speculate just random PMD and not the counting wheel damage that is commonly seen (especially on cents). That sort of damage is usually circular, i.e. - line or field of damage is parallel to the circumference .of he coin.
The coin here just has a swath of damage that is somewhat perpendicular to the edge.
Yes, PMD.
NOW I HAVE A QUESTION? Marks as this are seen on dollars, halves, and quarters. Mostly in the same position - the right obverse (usually). I believe it has something to do with the act of ejecting the coin from the press. Anyone have another opinion as I don't know the cause.
Yes PMD.
Not sure what you are seeing on other coins but I don't think this one is from ejection. Best chance that machinery would produce perfect parallel lines, this coin has some waves in the lines. What ever hit it moved as it hit the coin or the coin moved from the hit or a combination of both.
Just my 2 cents
It almost looks like someone ran their finger through the fudge before it had the chance to completely firm up. I wonder if the perpendicular edge of an ejected coin could make that sort of mark... weird.
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IF it was some kind of ejection issue then it would be Post Strike Damage.
I do recall several years ago one of the presidential dollars had many instances of a particular rim damage. some sort of post striejection, presumably upon ejection.
How about coin changers you know, or maybe not, when you would stack the coins in a tube then you would push down on the little lever to eject the coin out the bottom and into your hand this may have put PMD on a lot of coins because they were used everywhere from gas stations to newspaper boys, just my thought.
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Perhaps this was on the end of a paper roll on coins and was damaged by the automation crimpers.
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PMD and possibly by a roll crimper as @PerryHall noted above....Cheers, RickO