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Strange surface texture 1939d Germany 2 reichmarks km#93

PppPpp Posts: 511 ✭✭✭✭
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I just pick up a collection of German coins from wii. In the bunch there was a1939d 2 reichmarks with a strange surface texture (bumps and ridges) that I never seen before. I assume it’s some sort of pmd. Does anyone know what could cause this?
I included a picture of a normal 1939d 2 reichmark for comparison.

Thank you in advance for your comments.

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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Heat damage?

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  • PppPpp Posts: 511 ✭✭✭✭

    291fifth, Thank you for your reply.
    I also posted on the us coin forum since this was more of a coin surface issue and besides your post I only received one other comment “running water”.
    To me the rim and edge wording looks pretty good relative to the detail on the obverse and reverse. In hand the damaged coin’s detail looks a little better than the straight on picture.

  • Top50SetBuilderTop50SetBuilder Posts: 951 ✭✭✭

    Three options:
    1 - Heat Damage
    2 - Occluded gas planchet
    3 - Counterfeit

    Doesn’t look fake though

  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,715 ✭✭✭✭✭

    One other potential explanation...

    Possible political statement?

  • cachemancacheman Posts: 3,118 ✭✭✭

    Looks like a poor attempt at casting a counterfeit. Resembles a lot of the crap currently coming out of china.

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  • SapyxSapyx Posts: 2,222 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My assumption would be fire damage, and subsequent cleaning.

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