There is a very strong strike in the center with weakness around the edges. This looks a lot like PMD which has been made to look like a die adjustment strike. Assuming the reverse is the same coin, I'm stumped. Normally, a coin with a planed (machined) reverse will be completely flat. However, this has an upset edge characteristic of a blank planchet. I've never heard of uniface strikes in Canadian coinage, so I'm gonna have to go with PMD - but this one is weird. Also, is there any way you can fix the white balance of the coins you post? Everything you post is yellow.
If the photos are not yours, how do you know that they are from the same coin? Do you own the coin now? Chris
no I dont have the coin but I am interested in buying but getting cold feet on how this could have happen..thanks
The first thing that struck me as odd is the fact that the obverse has no upset rim while the reverse does. If it were an adjustment strike, you would still see evidence of the upset rim because it is formed before the coin is struck. Since this isn't the case, I'm inclined to agree that it is PMD. Chris
the images look like two coins. the one is a blank planchet and the other is a damaged canadian cent.
