1885-0 mint/coin/human caused coin issue

Description says die jam. I'm not sure what's going on with the edge or if it's reflection of some sort. What say you all?





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I want to say pmd but the weakness of the 8 and the near gone 5 says maybe strikethrough instead of pmd. Sure looks like pushed metal though indicating pmd.

 

NOT MINT MADE. You have a multi-gouged damage coin. Same "tool" used to damage the date.

 

What's pmd stand for?

 

PMD is used a lot here on Cointalk.. very important to know
PMD - Post Mint Damage or
PSD - Post Strike Damage

In other words.. not an error

 

@paddyman98 I saw your photo w/Fred. I thought you were much older than you are.

 

That clears it up, thanks. Makes senses now. If there was a jam as stated there should be other damage in more places from unjamning it. At least that's how it works when I unstick things.

 

@Cascade did you see the other cracked 21 I picked up?

 

I dunno did I?

 

Nothing too speshull

 

edited.

 

I didn't notice the flattened rims on the last one.

 

I'm not sure if that's just a reflection or if that's just the coin itself. I asked for clarification. If they are flattened out I find it interesting enough to take a chance for under $30.

 

They can do wonders with Photoshop these days, and it's much cheaper than plastic surgery.

Chris

 

Contemplate the direction of the lighting against the "jamming" we're discussing. The coin is lit from about 9:30 or 10:00 - a little above "directly to the left." These features are reflecting from the side away from that light, meaning they're depressions on the coin. If they projected from the surface of the coin, the side of these V-shaped impressions closest to the light would be what's reflecting it.

If they're negatives on the coin, they would have to be positives on the die. Something would have had to add metal to the die in order to achieve this. To me, there's not much chance the coin was struck this way; I can't think of a scenario which would create this on a die.

 

Guys, Look at the OP's coin. This is simple damage. My wife (a somewhat advanced collector) just brought me coffee and pointed out an easy way to tell.

Look at the star on the right. The star is raised on the coin. Note that the similar mark to those on the rest of the date has damaged the star and "pushed-in" the relief. Case closed.