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1927 D Peace Dollar struck through what?
Grouch
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Had this coin many years and decided to finally figure out if my conclusions are correct. I think it is struck through sand paper.
What do you think?
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Grouch
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Not struck-thru...... damaged.
My thought is a rusted die. But just a guess.
TurtleCat Gold Dollars
I don't see how that could be a struck through without an outline of the strike through object.
I have to disagree on this one and say damage, looks peened.
Collector, occasional seller
The coin came back "damaged". That implies that it was brought to its current state after it left the Mint.
You may be partially correct.
It might have been "hammered" thru sandpaper. Best guess by me.
Pete
They had better called that coin Altered Surfaces: DAMAGED!
Notice only the high points have impressions. Check the nose and nostril area......no impressions in the lows.
Damaged
How could an object like a piece of sandpaper leave a strike through impression on the most recessed area of the die (high points) and the lowest points of the die (the field) but miss the the areas you noted? Coins are struck with tons of force.
Or maybe it could just be damage like others have said.
Could be grit from sand paper or as has been suggested, rust or other debris somehow accumulated in the high points.
The presses of that era were vertical, correct? Obverse and reverse opposite and aligned vertically, correct? Gravity could cause an accumulation in the lower die.
It could be millions of things.
It is not, it is PMD.
The 'damage' is visible in fields, on the image and on some letters.... Notably absent in a few areas such as below the chin, neck, in front of the eye and above the hair. These areas can be seen as 'protected' due to design configuration. It would indicate post mint pressure applied with a rough medium on the obverse. Cheers, RickO
Not sure what it is, but it almost certainly is not a strike trough.
I like these forums because crowdsourced answers here are rarely wrong, and they come at a very reasonable price. I think of it as “wikigrading”.
There are no "protected areas" in a struckthru.
As was mentioned, there would have been an outline of the edges of the paper.
You are approaching this from the wrong direction. It should be presumed to be PMD unless/until proven otherwise, not the other way around.