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What caused the mutilation of this half?

morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,465 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Picked up some unc rolls of 64 halves, all are pretty, but this lonely beat up half.

What happened to the reverse? Are those die cracks? Failed die?

Thanks,
Scott

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  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    Looks like post-mint damage to me.
  • morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,465 ✭✭✭✭✭
    <<Looks like post-mint damage to me.>>

    I agree, but how do you explain the raised cracks?

    Wierd?
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like that reverse was the end of the roll coin and was droped or mishandled a few times... as the obverse looks unc.
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  • fcfc Posts: 12,793 ✭✭✭
    how did the obv stay so pristine while the rev was truly mutilated?
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    but how do you explain the raised cracks?

    Looks like a scratch to me.
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  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    I don't see any raised cracks. Which are you referring to? I do see some canals carved into the reverse which has raised a little metal on the sides of the canal, but that's all I see. I don't see anything that looks like a die crack.
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Maybe this was mangled in a coin counting machine, as it got stuck and a screwdriver was used to free it?
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  • morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,465 ✭✭✭✭✭
    <<Maybe this was mangled in a coin counting machine, as it got stuck and a screwdriver was used to free it?>>

    I'll buy that, sure took a beating though.
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Unless you've formed a special bond with your coins where they talk to you (Mine Do Not), we can only speculate how post mint damage occurred?image
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  • GoldenEyeNumismaticsGoldenEyeNumismatics Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Looks like that reverse was the end of the roll coin and was droped or mishandled a few times... as the obverse looks unc. >>



    That seems pretty correct.
  • lathmachlathmach Posts: 4,720 ✭
    Hit by a lawn mower and found by a metal detectorist.

    Ray
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    With the obverse being in a problem free state, the damage is too gentle to consider a lawn mower.
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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,547 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Run over in a parking lot... more than once.
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  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Run over in a parking lot... more than once. >>



    That would result in some damage on both sides.

    Still it's post mint damage somehow or another.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,612 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i><<Looks like post-mint damage to me.>>

    I agree, but how do you explain the raised cracks?

    Wierd? >>



    Not raised. It's an optical illusion. Looks like it was dropped in a parking lot and was run over a few times before someone found it.


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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Must have been dropped in a parking and run over by hovering image Dachshunds image
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Guess the Puppies wheren't the cause after all? image
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  • morganbarbermorganbarber Posts: 1,821 ✭✭✭
    I find coins which were run over quite often. The soft rubber of the tire does little or no damage. The asphalt or cement makes damage exactly like that. I will not hazard a guess as to the make, model, or cruising speed, but I pretty certain that what you have is a coin which was run over.
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  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My best guess is that there are 17,254 possible explanations as to how that coin ended up being the post mint damaged coin that it is.


    The saddest part is that it started its life being a nice piece of silver then had the unfortunate luck to be struck by that horrific Kennedy die. Everything after that point is just salt in a previous wound.


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  • morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,465 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like the hovering hound theory image

    Run over by a car, a few cars, sounds reasonable.

    Thanks for all the input,
    Scott
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