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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 10062392, member: 112"]Since I was asked, about all I can say is there are 3 possibilities I can think of - PMD, strikethrough, and a damaged punch. And yes, punches are known for becoming damaged, they wear like dies and hubs, (both hardened metal), they break like dies and hubs, but I think it is very unlikely that is what happened here given what see, namely the curves. So I think one of the first two being much more likely. But, determining which with any degree of certainty, I think is going to require an in hand examination of the coin because we can't tell for sure what we're looking at based on the pics. For example, are the curved lines incuse like what might be created by a piece of wire strikethrough ? Or is the metal below the curved lines incuse or raised ? It could be incuse, like the strikethrough physics-fan3.14 posted. But it could also be raised like a wire strikethrough would cause. And if it is raised, is it the same height as the rest of the numerals, or is a bit lower ? I don't think we can tell any of that, for certain, based on the pics. But in hand, we could.[/QUOTE]