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<p>[QUOTE="PlanoSteve, post: 3228517, member: 91609"]Josh, I think the problem may be that while we have many knowledgeable members, some of which actually specialize in "error" coins, we are generally not interested in the how or why people damage coins. So, after it was already identified as a damaged coin & not an error, you came back with your post #4.</p><p><br /></p><p>You joined yesterday, & I don't know if you have been shadowing CT or just discovered it, but we have sooooo many of these "damage" questions from new members, who don't understand the minting process, or think that any "unusual features" are interesting to collectors. They are not. And we don't care about intentionally damaged coins except to identify them as such (damaged, not mint error).</p><p><br /></p><p>To me (based on your limited pics), your coin looks like it is slightly concave on the obverse & slightly convex on the reverse, suggesting it may have been used as a spacer, or perhaps to level a table leg. That's the most I am going to conjecture on this damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope you accept this in the way it was intended, & that you continue the quest![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="PlanoSteve, post: 3228517, member: 91609"]Josh, I think the problem may be that while we have many knowledgeable members, some of which actually specialize in "error" coins, we are generally not interested in the how or why people damage coins. So, after it was already identified as a damaged coin & not an error, you came back with your post #4. You joined yesterday, & I don't know if you have been shadowing CT or just discovered it, but we have sooooo many of these "damage" questions from new members, who don't understand the minting process, or think that any "unusual features" are interesting to collectors. They are not. And we don't care about intentionally damaged coins except to identify them as such (damaged, not mint error). To me (based on your limited pics), your coin looks like it is slightly concave on the obverse & slightly convex on the reverse, suggesting it may have been used as a spacer, or perhaps to level a table leg. That's the most I am going to conjecture on this damage. Hope you accept this in the way it was intended, & that you continue the quest![/QUOTE]
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