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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RonSanderson, post: 2537862, member: 77413&quot;]One way to tell damage that is caused by contact is that the metal gets pushed up on the side that is away from the impact.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]543338[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here you can see that something gouged the surface and pushed the metal to the lower left and lower right, creating ridges around the outside of the impact.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes if there are not these ridges, the pit may be a result of metal not flowing fully into some small area of the die during striking. This is caused by the manufacturing process at the mint, and is considered different from PMD, which is Post Mint Damage. But often even uncirculated coins suffer dings and marks from banging around with other coins while being handled at the mint.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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