Found this in pocket change. I would assume this strike through would be from a polishing bearing. Does anyone have input to what it may be?
A polishing bearing? Really? Try a bb-gun! If it had happened during the minting process, there would be no damage on the reverse. ~ Chris
Thanks for the reply. I'm learning. Which would be why I'm asking for input. Try having some respect. Kyle
The reason that it can't be struck through a polishing bearing is that it isn't a proof coin. It wasn't made the same way that proof coins are. I'm sorry. PMD.
Welcome to Coin Talk. I don't see anything disrespectful about the straightforward answer you were given.
When you throw the word "Really?", as a second question, it's referring to ignorance. Obviously, right next to my name it says new- member. He had no idea the mint even used polishing bearings at all. Well, they do. So my question was actually more valid than his comment.
The member you're referring to is well known and very knowledgeable on the hobby of Numismatics. I see the statement as Do you really think the dent was caused by polishing bearings. In a recent thread I was told by another member to not be so defensive, and he was correct. Maybe you're like me, we need to grow thicker skin. lol (Peace )
Another way to tell that it is not a strike through error is to look at the depression, the W of We is still present, a bit stretched and distorted but it is there. If there have been a ball bearing between the die and the planchet when it was struck that W wouldn't be there. So the strike came first, and the depression came later, post strike.
Also note the dent in the reverse opposite the damage. That's another key characteristic that tells you it couldn't have occurred when the coin was struck.
