Error coin or Damaged coin? Help me out. 1920P Mercury Dime.
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@Fairlaneman ....What does the edge look like?? The rims are strange... The rims on the reverse appear to be abraded.... Cheers, RickO
It probably sat on pavement with the obverse facing up.
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The edge does not appear to have deep reeding. Looks shallow to me.
I put a better picture of the obverse up which looks like many mercs I have seen. The reverse is weird.
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It looks like the reverse suffered a bad scape to me.
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IMO: PMD
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As struck, collar die was too loose during striking. Neat but no premium, actually in this condition it probably hurts the value a bit.
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The obverse shows some type of striking anomaly.
First impression of the reverse was PMD but I'm not sure that is the case.
I would think if it was some type of damage it would have got the bands as they are also a high point.
Both side show something around the rim.
My dumb guess is a striking error of some kind.
I'm thinking it was struck on a type 1 planchet. Type 1's have no upset rim.
To most including myself it will look like PMD, having it holdered with the error may be the best (only) way to convince some buyers if selling is the goal.
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I was thinking struck on a type 1 blank without an upset rim, but would that even fit in the collar?
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Please take it out of the 2x2 and show us a photo
of the edge.
It could be a partial collar or broadstrike error, imo
Serious "pavement" burn across the reverse rims and into STATES OF.
Hard to imagine how the rest of the coin avoided damage.
Or maybe it was "carefully" filed out of a bezel?
My first thought was broadstruck, as I suspect Fred was thinking, but with that reeding yours is the best explanation I can come up with.
What does it weigh? Might be struck on a thin or foreign planchet.
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I had a similar cent and decided it had been in one of those aluminum 'lucky penny and never go broke' things
It looks like it was in a bezel.
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A little of one and a lot of the other.
Ken, It looks like a weak strike to me, but hard to tell without seeing it in hand.
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