Help with 1832 CBH Reverse - Strike-Thru or Post-Mint Damage?

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• Unknown

  October 30, 2018 3:33PM

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• LoveMyLiberty Posts: 1,784 ✭✭✭

  October 30, 2018 3:56PM

  Think it is O-107 with post mint hole.

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• lkeigwin Posts: 16,892 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 30, 2018 4:25PM

  I agree with PMD and O.107.

  I'm curious about the obverse surface opposite the damage. Is there any sign of disruption?

  I can't tell from the obverse image, and obviously don't know if there was any die rotation.

  It appears to be raw. Where's the corresponding spot on the obverse? Got a close-up?
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• CaptHenway Posts: 32,493 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 30, 2018 4:26PM

  Looks like an incompletely drilled hole to me.

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• Connecticoin Posts: 13,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 30, 2018 6:00PM

  @CaptHenway said:
  Looks like an incompletely drilled hole to me.

  Would the hold drilling process raise the metal around it? I was thinking a small object got between the die and the planchet, resulting in the metal rising around the "hole".

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• Cameonut Posts: 7,326 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 31, 2018 4:09AM

  @Connecticoin said:

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  @CaptHenway said:
  Looks like an incompletely drilled hole to me.

  Would the hold drilling process raise the metal around it? I was thinking a small object got between the die and the planchet, resulting in the metal rising around the "hole".

  A dull drill or even a nail would do the same thing, especially in soft metal like silver.

  Old time metal finishers have a name for it - it is called "squirt". Sometimes this is desired when putting threaded holes in thin metal. As opposed to burrs where they are unwanted and often must be removed. I think you likely have a burr.

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• Treashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 31, 2018 4:34AM

  damage

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• lkenefic Posts: 8,187 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 31, 2018 6:21AM

  @CaptHenway said:
  Looks like an incompletely drilled hole to me.

  I was thinking the same thing. That's why looking on the obverse side of the "hole" is important. There's typically raised metal on the other side of where the damage is seen. Strike through at minting doesn't typically look perfectly round. I'm in the PMD camp...

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 31, 2018 7:08AM

  It appears to be PMD... as if someone was going to drill it to put on a chain and then stopped...Cheers, RickO

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• FredWeinberg Posts: 5,891 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 31, 2018 7:14AM

  Attempted Hole

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