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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 3073277, member: 15199&quot;]Copper is very soft ( why damage occurs so easily ) and it is easy&nbsp; to push around with engraving tools, so whatever damaged this coin pushed it to be raised in an area. In the older days, some very talented engravers and other metal craftsmen could drill a hole on the edge near a date and insert a steel tool and push up copper to produce a desirable mint mark and then fill the hole. A 1909 became a 1909-S cent. I still check the edges of coins as well as both sides, to many they are not considered. There are few still alive today that skilled.&nbsp; Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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