2003 Alabama Quarter, brockages on both sides-Fake?

Hi
So... I have this quarter I have always wondered about. Is it a real mint error or did someone do this to it?

I see brockages on both the obverse and reverse. The coin is actually bent/cupped a bit. Did this happen at the mint or did someone do this to it after it was minted?

The word Liberty in reverse appears near In God We Trust on the obverse as well as other obvious signs of broackage. But did someone take three quarters and smash them in something?

Any thoughts are appreciated.

 

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Classic 'sandwich' coin.

Another coin was pressed into your
coin on both sides.

It's considered damage.

 

+1

First unmistakable clue is the reverse lettering.

 

Hi @Fred Weinberg
Meaning it is a fake or happened in the mint?
Thanks
Gary

 

Brockages happen and are real... the question is more is this one fake...

 

Fred wrote that it is PMD (Sandwich Coin) did not happen at the mint.
DD wrote unmistakable clue (reverse lettering)

Your coin is not a brockage.

 

Hi @Pickin and Grinin

What is PMD stand for? Post Mint Damage?

Fred said it was considered damage but did not say where it occurred. I suspected it was done as a fake, but I wanted to clarify what exactly he meant.

As for the reverse lettering... that true of brockage coins... the fact that the lettering is in reverse does not mean a thing.... Real Brockages appear in reverse/negative image... I have many real brockage coins, they have reverse lettering...

I am just not sure who being "in reverse" proves anything actually.

I buy the idea that it likely is PMD... I suspected this was the case.

Thanks
Gary

 

When I use the term damage, or PMD,
it usually means after the coin was in
circulation.

A coin can be damaged in a bag or a
ballistic bag, but although the bag might
be in the Mint, it's still damage.

Damage is damage

 

Thanks

 

Imho, someone put three coins in a vice and squished them together. Which resuluted in both sides having opposite lettering and image. Damaged.

 

That or something like that was what I was guessing.