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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1244116, member: 26302&quot;]In my estimation they will do exactly what many here have done, see its underweight and missing the layering, and body bag it. </p><p><br /></p><p>I too sir have worked in a factory with machining parts. I will tell you point blank that it is extremely easy to shave a coin down so that it is 10x smooth, (smoother than mint blanks). Just because you cannot see any marks does not mean it has not been machined, in fact having no marks to me means it has been machined by common factory machines, and not by some guy in his garage with a belt sander. The equipment that was in my factory, (I was the controller, not a machine operator), would have parts rejected if they were as poor quality as some coins. It was for automotive applications, and had stricter tolerances than the mint would have.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just my opinion. PMD is commonly seen by people as errors, and if the graders cannot readily accept it as a recognized thing that can happen, they will assume PMD and leav it at that. They don&#039;t have the time to speculate HOW it may have happened. These people are experts in the minting process, and have seen about everything that CAN go wrong inside the mint. If they do not recognize it as an error, they will leave it at that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Btw, many here are also such experts, and have been trying to give you the same advice. My advice, from a non-error expert, is to simply take it to an error dealer the next time a show is around and ask their opinion. It could save you some money, something we all need to do nowadays.</p><p><br /></p><p>I truly hoped that helped a little. </p><p><br /></p><p>Chris</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. None of this means its not interesting, adn you shouldn&#039;t keep in your collection. I have many items like that, interesting stuff regardless of value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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