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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 7167571, member: 105571&quot;]PMD can come from many sources and be of many types, sometimes on the same coin.&nbsp; I see evidence on your coin of the following types;</p><p><br /></p><p>1)&nbsp; Corrosion, see all the pits.</p><p>2)&nbsp; Harsh cleaning, see the rounding of the features and the unnatural shine.</p><p>3)&nbsp; Deliberate damage to the edges and rims, like somebody took a ball peen hammer to it.&nbsp; Obviously, there are other possible explanations for why the most severe mechanical damage seems to be mostly limited to the edge and rims.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any coin this old has had the opportunity to be in many hands over the years, each maybe applying their own particular brand of abuse and neglect to it.&nbsp; We cannot say anything about that because we only have the coin itself to tell its fragmented story.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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