Curious anyone's thoughts on this coin. I got it from a coffee shop I believe and noticed right away that it was old and was deformed. It does appear to be a stamping defect due the sides on front and back of the coin are on the same location on the direct obverse. Can anyone state what the value of a coin in this state might be? Thanks in Advance,
Sorry, but it is just damage. Along with the damage, the coin has a lot of wear and tear, so the numismatic value is minimal (5-10 cents as an early wheat cent on a good day)
I'm pretty confident that it's a stamp error. I do understand about wear and tear making it less valued.
+1 what @Oldhoopster said. Your coin is damaged. I thought perhaps a lamination on the obverse but after seeing the reverse, I think it was probably squeezed between something.
The coin has been damaged. It's not a Mint error. Only worth face value. Coins are not stamped, they are minted. Nothing in the minting of coins since the beginning of coin making would cause this on a coin. Not even jamming in the Die process. Again, it's damaged.
Planchets are "Stamped" to make coins. A "Mint" is a place that houses stamping presses that make coins. Stamping Press, New Orleans Mint, 1897.
Coins are minted by having planchets struck by coin dies on a die press. Minting means a piece of metal has been given a monetary value by the government assigned the responsibility of coining money. A "Mint" is an official place that coins money for the government. They are produced by being struck, not "stamped." USDA meat is stamped (with grape juice). Coins are also not "coins" unless they are struck by dies. Check, please...
Well, now, there's a factoid I didn't know. So that's grape juice and not some purple dye? That's interesting. And reassuring.
Looks like a vice job IMHO. A smooth object on the reverse and another coin on the obverse and then squeezed in a vice.
It is PMD, as stated earlier in the thread. And...I don't think they call the workspace where the die presses produce the coins is called a Stamping Room anymore, that designation seems archaic...using the 1897 New Orleans picture, it's 121 years obsolete. The modern verbiage used is "strike" or "struck", not "stamp" or "stamped"...imho...Spark
