Just wanted to know if this is an error or something that is post. It is pressed all the way through with an outward impression on the other side (Washington's neck). If so what would a ballpark on value be. It's kind of unique because it on the eagles heart.
Post Mint Damage- I think it was shot with a low caliber hollow point from a handgun. Not an Error Worth 25 cents.
Do you mean it was shot with a BB gun? An actual hollow point round would have caused way more damage. It looks to small to be a BB.
Welcome to the neighborhood! It looks like someone may have hammered the end of a metal tube (or pipe) into the eagle which caused the obverse to flatten on Georgie's neck. Chris
Burnishing is usually used on proof and special release coins. I believe they started burnishing some planchets used for business strikes, but this wasn't until the mid to late eighty's, and I believe restricted to the Kennedy Half dollars. I am just wondering how a steel ball that is meant to polish or create a unique finish. Could possibly attach itself to a planchet and make it to the coining chamber. If you think about it, it is impossible for that to happen.
Appears to be a punch mark to me. It had to be laying flat on a hard surface to get the smooth spot on the obverse side. It's just PMD worth nothing beyond face value.
