I was wondering how can I tell the difference between a struck through and general damage. "Trying to learn something new every day"
Struck through will normally have no raised lines or raised mounds of material around the anomaly. PMD will always have material raised around the anomaly.
Damage will displace metal, producing raised ridges above the normal surface of the coin, whereas the edges of a strike through will not rise up above the normal surface of the coin because the dies prevent that while the coin is being struck.
Thanks for the help to both of you for a explanation that was easy for me to understand. I still stand by what I've said before the people at CoinTalk are the best. "Learning something new every day"
Two cases in point. The first PMD, The second a greaser and an actual strike through material. Notice on the first coin how around the anomaly is raised. Then how flat the anomaly is on the second coin.
Struck through grease filled die. It reduces the quality of the coin. Sometimes letters,busts,and other things can be removed completely from the coin.Not my best example ,But the first one I came across in my album. You'll notice how "five cents" is almost missing from this nickel.
