Coin compromised by attempted drilling - Panama quarter balboa 1930?
jmm2562
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I have several coins in my collection that have holes drilled for display (I presume). I also have a small number of coins that have been compromised by attempted drillings. Case in point is this Panama Quarter Balboa 1930 specimen. Using a 60x glass, I can clearly see a drill mark over the date. I was going to list it for sale but I'm hesitant as the attempted drilling is right over the 3 in 1930. It's almost as if someone was trying to pass off a 1980 Copper-Nickel edition as a Silver 1930 (by modifying the 8 to a 3). I checked the weight and thankfully it matches the official silver weight from Numista which is different from the copper-nickel weight. However, because they chose to drill over the date, it might be hard to convince potential buyers that the coin is a legit 1930 silver.
What do you think? Is this likely an accident or nefarious attempt to fool collectors?
Coincidentally, this coin has a potential mint error with the shoulder armor bleeding into the rim.
Comments
A damaged and harshly cleaned example. Not an attempt to change the date.
Agreed
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I think you are over-thinking this by quite a bit. It's appears to just be a circulated, possibly dipped or wiped example with damage.
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