This is my first attempt to import pictures. I'll keep trying if I fail this time. Thanks for any comments.
Thanks for the reply. Can you validate that? What caused the damage? Did the minting process cause the damage? Did the damage happen in circulation? If it is obvious damage, then shouldn't the cause be obvious also?
If I posted a photo of a car that had been in an accident, would you be able to explain exactly what caused it? In some cases, perhaps, but generally all one would know is that said car was somehow damaged. The damage on said car would be "obvious", yet the exact cause wouldn't necessarily be "obvious" as well, right? Well, it's basically the same with coins. Even a basic knowledge of the minting process would very much help you to understand why this is and can only be damage. Taking a number of junk coins and experimenting with them, causing different types of damage, would also help you to understand why this is easily identifiable as damage without knowing the exact method with which it was caused. Look closely at your "q6" and "q7" photos. Do you see how the intended design has been impaired? Do you see the raised metal around the anomaly? Now ask yourself how what is the most logical explanation for this: damage or some unexplainable minting error? When it comes to coins, it is usually wise to take Occam's razor to heart.
I'm soo new it hurts but I'm going to say its either in the mint (NOT mint error damage) or from a coin counter outside the mint; either way I say its another coin edge hitting yours at speed (in a counter).
