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Eisenhower Dollar with unknown imperfection

So I was looking at this Ike and couldn’t figure out what’s going on with this indention. Almost like acid etching but I don’t know. Any ideas?

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  • Maybe it was just dropped and a flake chipped off. Never seen this before

  • JesseKraftJesseKraft Posts: 414 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What's it weigh?

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,097 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Welcome

    Consider weighing if you have scale.

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  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @FredWeinberg said:
    Chemically damaged surfaces, not an error

    Agree. Damage.

  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 8,972 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I was gonna chime in planchet flaw cause the Y is not affected by the weird exercise but.......Fred spoke. I defer. Peace Roy

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  • air4mdcair4mdc Posts: 905 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for posting this one.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Csilife.... Welcome aboard.... I agree with Fred (expert on error - and other - coins)...Chemical damage. Cheers, RickO

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