1927 D Peace Dollar struck through what?

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Grouch
Grouch Posts: 10 ✭✭
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Had this coin many years and decided to finally figure out if my conclusions are correct. I think it is struck through sand paper.
What do you think?

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  • ifthevamzarockin
    ifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,915 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Not struck-thru...... damaged.

  • TurtleCat
    TurtleCat Posts: 4,692 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    My thought is a rusted die. But just a guess.

  • ChrisH821
    ChrisH821 Posts: 7,151 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I don't see how that could be a struck through without an outline of the strike through object.
    I have to disagree on this one and say damage, looks peened.

    Collector, occasional seller

  • BuffaloIronTail
    BuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    The coin came back "damaged". That implies that it was brought to its current state after it left the Mint.

    You may be partially correct.

    It might have been "hammered" thru sandpaper. Best guess by me.

    Pete

    "I tell them there's no problems.....only solutions" - John Lennon
  • Insider2
    Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    They had better called that coin Altered Surfaces: DAMAGED!

  • Jimnight
    Jimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    :o

  • Grouch
    Grouch Posts: 10 ✭✭
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    Notice only the high points have impressions. Check the nose and nostril area......no impressions in the lows.

  • CaptHenway
    CaptHenway Posts: 34,174 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Damaged

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  • Oldhoopster
    Oldhoopster Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Grouch said:
    Notice only the high points have impressions. Check the nose and nostril area......no impressions in the lows.

    How could an object like a piece of sandpaper leave a strike through impression on the most recessed area of the die (high points) and the lowest points of the die (the field) but miss the the areas you noted? Coins are struck with tons of force.

    Or maybe it could just be damage like others have said.

    Member of the ANA since 1982
  • Grouch
    Grouch Posts: 10 ✭✭
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    Could be grit from sand paper or as has been suggested, rust or other debris somehow accumulated in the high points.

  • Grouch
    Grouch Posts: 10 ✭✭
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    The presses of that era were vertical, correct? Obverse and reverse opposite and aligned vertically, correct? Gravity could cause an accumulation in the lower die.

  • ifthevamzarockin
    ifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,915 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    It could be millions of things.

    It is not, it is PMD. :/

  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    The 'damage' is visible in fields, on the image and on some letters.... Notably absent in a few areas such as below the chin, neck, in front of the eye and above the hair. These areas can be seen as 'protected' due to design configuration. It would indicate post mint pressure applied with a rough medium on the obverse. Cheers, RickO

  • FranklinHalfAddict
    FranklinHalfAddict Posts: 697 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Not sure what it is, but it almost certainly is not a strike trough.

  • scubafuel
    scubafuel Posts: 2,080 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I like these forums because crowdsourced answers here are rarely wrong, and they come at a very reasonable price. I think of it as “wikigrading”.

  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,872 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Grouch said:
    Notice only the high points have impressions. Check the nose and nostril area......no impressions in the lows.

    There are no "protected areas" in a struckthru.

    As was mentioned, there would have been an outline of the edges of the paper.

    You are approaching this from the wrong direction. It should be presumed to be PMD unless/until proven otherwise, not the other way around.

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