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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 1190355, member: 11521&quot;]Sorry to say but it is damage. Something (perhaps another coin) was smashed into your coin. The raised letters on the other coin were driven into your coin which would explain why the letters are 1) incuse and 2) reversed. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>When the other coin (or whatever it was) was smashed into your coin there had to be a force acting in the opposite direction on your coin. That is why the opposite side is flattened in the corresponding location. If your coin had been lying on an anvil (or something else hard and solid) and someone laid another coin on top of yours and struck it with a hammer part of the design of the top coin would be driven into your coin and the other side of your coin would be partially flattened.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Also, when a coin is struck in a collar the coin will be perfectly round. Your coin is out of round due to an impact, not a minting error. (In rare cases the collar may be cracked or broken which can result in a coin that is not perfectly round. That is not the case with your coin.)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Value = not much. It is a damaged coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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