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99.7% chance that it's simply a worn or damaged coin. 0.3% chance that it's a broadstrike, or some other actual mint error that might create a smooth edge on a normally reeded coin. We woul… (View Post)

Anything that makes people want to own coins, and want to look at coins and study them, is by definition "numismatic" and therefore "good for numismatics". It might not be the sam… (View Post)

Technically, you cannot know if it is "rare" or not, if you don't know what it is. ;) I do not know if it is "rare", butI know it is not a "coin". It is a medal of … (View Post)

Making a coin is a relatively simple process: a coin blank is placed between two pieces of hard metal, and squeezed so that the design from the pieces of hard metal (the dies) is transferred onto the… (View Post)

"Any value"? Well, the arts-and-crafts crowd might find an artistically damaged coin to be of interest, but not coin collectors. As a general rule, post-mint damage is never "valuable&… (View Post)