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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gatzdon, post: 220630, member: 8247&quot;]The copper core is only 50% of the thickness of the coin and is usually centered between the two layers.&nbsp; If you take a quarter and grind away at one edge, you will eventually see just how balanced the copper core and cupronickel layers are.</p><p><br /></p><p>When damage has occurred to the dies, it will appear raised on the coin, never recessed.</p><p><br /></p><p>When a coin has been struck through something, the damage will be recessed.&nbsp; For as deep as the groove is on your coin, if it was caused by a strikethrough, the foreign material would most likely still be retained in the coin and there would be a very clear distinction between where the damage is and where it isn&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin appears that someone took a dremel or even just a drill bit to it.&nbsp; Believe it or not, it&#039;s just as valuable to come across the damaged coins as well as the true errors.&nbsp; It makes it easier to distinguish between the two in the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>Plus, just because it&#039;s worthless to someone else, doesn&#039;t mean it&#039;s worthless to you.&nbsp; You should see some of the strange stuff in my collection that most would consider spenders.&nbsp; My son loves t o collect damaged coins and comes up with the most amazing stories as to how it happened (and sometimes he even postulates why).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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