Is this a error? 1920 Merc Dime

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• Broadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 17, 2019 2:38PM

  Post mint damage as the edge was shaved off and there's no blakesley effect.

  You can see other PMD on the other side of the rim also.

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• DIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 17, 2019 2:40PM

  At first it looked like PMD, but maybe not. Is the rim thicker there?

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• Kliao Posts: 5,677 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 17, 2019 2:45PM

  @DIMEMAN said:
  At first it looked like PMD, but maybe not. Is the rim thicker there?

  I measured it with my caliber, the straight side is not thicker, same thickness to the .01 mm

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• ifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,908 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 17, 2019 2:48PM

  I'm in the PMD camp.

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• DIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 17, 2019 2:48PM

  Could be a straight clip then. I'm not an expert on errors. Maybe someone will chime in.

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• jabba Posts: 3,176 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 17, 2019 3:30PM

  PMD chip marks on the rim suggest got stuck in something and ground the side down

  
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• morgandollar1878 Posts: 4,006 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 17, 2019 3:36PM

  Post mint damage.

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• Kliao Posts: 5,677 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 17, 2019 3:48PM

  Ok thanks for all your input! Sadly it wasn’t a error

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• Hemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 17, 2019 4:11PM

  Someone rubbed the merc on sandpaper or something similar.

  It may have been part mosaic/tile thing and that one popped out.

  

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• Texast Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭✭

  September 17, 2019 4:31PM

  It could be the edge of the metal strip the planchet was punched from, it is also possible that it is post mint damage.
  I would have to see this in hand before I could say which it was. I would think that Fred would be the expert on this matter.

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• Kliao Posts: 5,677 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 17, 2019 4:50PM

  @Texast said:
  It could be the edge of the metal strip the planchet was punched from, it is also possible that it is post mint damage.
  I would have to see this in hand before I could say which it was. I would think that Fred would be the expert on this matter.

  So might be one. I’ll keep my hopes up

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• ifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,908 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 17, 2019 4:58PM

  Your first & second photo show 3 very slight depressions on the straight edge. (Man made=PMD)
  Best chance for PMD but could be a slightly ragged straight clip.

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• Oldhoopster Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 17, 2019 7:03PM

  The edge looks too smooth to be a straight clip. Also, there is a partial rim on the obv (would expect it to be weak) and no evidence of a Blakesley effect. Looks like PMD

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 18, 2019 6:19AM

  It appears - to me - to be PMD....the reeding seems to 'fade' into the missing portion, which indicates a grinding operation of some type...Cheers, RickO

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• FredWeinberg Posts: 5,924 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 18, 2019 7:18AM

  It's not a clip, end of strip planchet, etc.

  PMD without a doubt.

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• Kliao Posts: 5,677 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 18, 2019 7:19AM

  Ok thanks!

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• johnny9434 Posts: 29,183 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 18, 2019 10:52AM

  looks like pmd to me as well, jmo

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• Coinscratch Posts: 9,788 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 18, 2019 11:49AM

  @Hemispherical said:
  Someone rubbed the merc on sandpaper or something similar.

  It may have been part mosaic/tile thing and that one popped out.

  

  OR, it may have been used to escape from Alcatraz which would suggest they did survive.

  

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• Hemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 18, 2019 12:11PM

  @CoinscratchFever said:

  @Hemispherical said:
  Someone rubbed the merc on sandpaper or something similar.

  It may have been part mosaic/tile thing and that one popped out.

  

  OR, it may have been used to escape from Alcatraz which would suggest they did survive.

  

  Used up their quarters, nickel, and cents, and all that was left was the dime.

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