1924 [breach of the] Peace...

Look at this poor little thing, somebody got mad at it and shot it with a BB gun. What do you think? Just fire away. With your theories, I mean! Thanks!

 

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BB Gun certainly seems like a good theory.

Or it was struck by some micro-meteors.

 

BB gun or shot gun at 50 yds.

 

AHHH why!?! :headbang:

 

I disagree with rockdude. 3 nice shots at much closer range. The center shot was the furthest at 40 yards and the other two at 20 yards. My guess is the Daisy 880. I could be wrong though. It may have been the Crossman Pumpmaster 760.

 

I have one culprit (reference the Gunslinger Myths episode of Mythbusters)

 

So can I safely assume we're ruling out the micro-meteors theory?

 

I inheirted a Walker hit on the head with a pellet. Since my Dad owned an old Benjamin 22 air rifle that is dead on accurate, I surmise.......

 

There may be an awesome story associated with this coin. Just think an important guy might have kept this coin on his waist pocket and on that day a hitman with BB gun:mouth: tried to assassinate that guy but thanks to this coin the BB bullets could not penetrate to his heart and the day is saved.

 

It was peppered with "moonshot", versus buckshot. This ammunition is commonly used so as to create the effect of micro craters as if on the moon surface. :kewl::rolling:

 

But wait a minute. How can any theory be complete without accounting for the damaged rim? I'll now amend my theory to say this coin was thrown up into the air and shot at, the damaged rim obviously being from when it fell back down and hit the concrete. :headbang:

 

I dont think the damage would be so precise if it was thrown up in the air and shot.
Possibly it rest against something and then was shot?


edit: I still like my micro-meteor theory

 

looks like someone was playing target practice

 

Hold on, has anyone thought of this being an ultra rare Mint error? I think you should look into it.....:rolling:

Regards,
S

J/K

 

I think we should rename this the Salmon coin.

 

Well, on your advice, I called up the U.S. Mint, today, and I asked to speak to the Director, and the person who answered the phone informed me he doesn't work today. So, I asked him what his position was, and he told me he was an assistant janitor. So, I described the damage to him, and I asked him what he thought, and he informed me it's definitely post-mint damage. So, I asked him if he thought it sounded like a bullet wound, and, in his exact words, "it's plausible." Then I asked him if he thought it could have been caused by micro-meteors--you know, from outer-space--and, he refused to comment. So, being persistent, knowing I'm representing the CoinTalk Community, I requested to speak to his boss...and, he said that'd be the head janitor...and, he handed the phone over to him....and, he refused to comment! Now, I ask you, what does that sound like...a cover-up? I don't think they want to admit to the existence of these micro-meteors, I think they think that'd cause a widespread panic!

 

I thought I recognized this coin ! It's from the fabulous Roswell New Mexico Collection !

This is the coin the aliens took from Elvis upon his abduction.

 

Hold on now, the assisant Janitor didn't think it was from the mint? Wow nothing like getting to the top for an answer. I tip my hat to you.

Now about those meteors of yours. I spoke with someone not as high as your contact at the mint but George, some guy in Washington:secret:, 1600 penn ave or something. Any way he said "it maybe pla pla pla pla plausible and asked me to look at http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2003/2003EO260012.shtml
I'd run it by your contact first though. Not sure this george character knew what he was talking about.

 

Ha--I knew it! Based on that scientific abstract they knew about these micro things since 2003! :headbang:

Gotsta catch a late din-din, guyz...thx for the laughs!

 

First thing that I thought of, was that it looked like someone performing hardness testing on the coin, measuring the Rockwell or Brinell hardness of the metal. I used such a machine in an engineering class @ University. Basically you have a fixed weight applied against the metal surface using a spherical tipped point of application (made of extremely hard steel). Then by measuring the diameter of the indentation (and therefor the depth) you can calculate the hardness of the metal.

Or, it could be BBs or micro-meteors