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Message:: [QUOTE="davidh, post: 518683, member: 15062"]I just came across this thread and since I haven't weighed in before, I'll do so now.  I think what Carlos was pointing out in his original post was that there is heavy damage on the obverse without a corresponding area of damage or deformation on the reverse.  Normally when something is done to heavily affect the metal on one side, there is a flattening or bending of the metal directly opposite that area on the other side of the coin.  It was his opinion that since there was no damage on the opposite side, then the damage must have been done when the coin was still fully being supported in the die.  Although that is clearly not the case, it still begs the question of how this damage actually could have been produced.  At the very least the edge of the coin has to have been held steady against something while something mechanical hit the edge of the coin at a low angle.  An edge-on shot of the damage area might shed a little light on this.  I would suggest that the damage happened either in a coin counter or a vending machine. Flippant replies do no one any good, especially when they're made to  someone whose native language isn't English.  I suppose some of you would have been in hog heaven 100 years ago when you could have spent time at Ellis Island laughing at the immigrants' attempts to communicate.[/QUOTE]