Hey! I was just sorting through my hoard and came across this! Before I put it away, I just wanted to know what on earth?!! No clue if this happened at the mint or after it left! Thank you in advance for all your smarts!!
Lol!! Well, even being upset that someone RUINED my pretty 1972, I must admit someone has some good knife skills- both sides look identical! Lmao! If I even attempted to do that, my fingers would’ve been bleeding all over Lincoln! Thanks for your help!
braising maybe? to create a piece of jewelry? but then who would want a 1972 Lincoln piece of jewelry??
The person that did it is damaged. The coin itself is still worth its value can't say the same for the culprit.
From the pictures, I don't believe it was damaged with a knife, which would make slicing scratches inside the cuts. It looks to me more like some kind of pinching device, such as large wire cutters, which would push the metal aside. This would also make matching cuts on both sides.
As for motive, probably just someone killing time as well as coins, possibly wanting to see just what his or her new cutting device would do. The consolation is, it is not the big DDO.
