Any idea what caused this?
PapiNE
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1978 Eisenhower
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My first dumb guess would be a spring loaded nail set or punch.
No matter what caused it it's post mint damage
Regardless of the cause, it's PMD. Something like that would not occur during the minting or die making process
Man-made "chop mark" added after the coin was in general circulation.
Wayne
Kennedys are my quest...
Is that Celsius or Centigrade?
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
Ha. Might be. I knew it was PMD but seems to have been placed there with a purpose. Tracking, alignment (nonmint); just something more than somebody playing with a punch.
USAF veteran 1984-2005
PMD most definitely. Could it be caused by a disassembled ball point pen and a hammer. Someone just having sum fun with hand tools also.
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