Know your PMD—quiz one

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Fraz
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Members dazzle me with their acute skills of how a coin received damage—I found it CRHing.
I have an opinion of how this Ft. Moultrie quarter received the row of gouges on the obverse. (Nothing on the reverse.)
My idea is logical, but I can’t reconcile it. I’ll post it near the end.

Does anyone want to hypothesize?

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  • Slade01
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    edited May 25, 2024 8:08AM
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    Never seen one that long but it looks like a reeded edge rolled against it, that is typical on reeded edge coins like Morgans for example, but usually only a few to 5 or 6 indents long and often curved a bit. It all depends on the angle that the other coin(s) impacted.

  • jonathanb
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    One type of engraving tool has a hard pointed plunger that moves up and down very quickly to leave a series of marks as shown here.

  • JBK
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    @jonathanb said:
    One type of engraving tool has a hard pointed plunger that moves up and down very quickly to leave a series of marks as shown here.

    That was my vote. Electric engraver.

  • Fraz
    Fraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Hadn’t considered that.

  • CRHer700
    CRHer700 Posts: 2,153 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Someone swallowed it and another coin, and they hit together while in the person’s stomach.

    God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.

  • Slade01
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    @Fraz said:
    Hadn’t considered that.

    Ak! Me neither, far more plausible. Making an EBay error. :'(

  • BAJJERFAN
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    @Slade01 said:
    Never seen one that long but it looks like a reeded edge rolled against it, that is typical on reeded edge coins like Morgans for example, but usually only a few to 5 or 6 indents long and often curved a bit. It all depends on the angle that the other coin(s) impacted.

    Those dents are round. I don't recall that reeded edge marks are near perfect dimples.

    theknowitalltroll;
  • Fraz
    Fraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I think that a sewing machine needle may be the actor.

  • jmlanzaf
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    @Fraz said:
    I think that a sewing machine needle may be the actor.

    What kind of sewing machine bounces the needle of a hard surface?

    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.

  • Fraz
    Fraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Singer.

  • Slade01
    Slade01 Posts: 294 ✭✭✭
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    Whatever did it, get that listed on EBay today, start at $5000.00 but accept offers.

  • Fraz
    Fraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @jmlanzaf said:

    @Fraz said:
    I think that a sewing machine needle may be the actor.

    What kind of sewing machine bounces the needle of a hard surface?

    No, not even a Singer. No one who sews on a machine would agree with me. They all said that the needle would break on first contact.

    I’m down with peckerwood, if it is not an engraving pen.

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