I don't typically find anything in pocketchange to write about but this one has me going. Has a small indent on one side. One side may show brokage but I can't be sure. I'm looking for opinions whether this could be a mint error or post mint manipulation.
Hi, The pictures could be a little more clear, but it does look like an indented strike. When a planchet overlays part of another, and the two are struck together, the upper one will create a depressed indentation in the lower one. This would be an error coin produced at the mint. It looks right from this perspective but it could be reproduced with a hammer and another coin. My gut says it's real though. have Fun, Bill
Damage. It has been squeezed in something that looks like it had some letters on it. It is definitely not a partial coin brockage. because it appears on both sides, and the curvature of the indent is much too tight to be any US coin. It looks like if you continued that curve on around you would wind up with something only about 10 mm in diameter, or about half the diameter of a one cent piece.
Hi Conder101, There are indented strikes that look like this. Sometimes a mishapen planchet is the culprit. A coin that was struck off center can be the overlaying planchet that causes the indent. I tend to agree with you though if you can see lettering on the reverse. i couldn't see that on this end. The pics are dark. Have Fun, Bill
But not on both sides of the coin at the same time. And I would be hard pressed to think of what could cause a mis-shapen planchet with a smooth curvature less than that of the original planchet.
It's quite clearly damage. You can see the design rim and letters in the floor of the indentation. If genuine, that would require a double-strike with an indent on the second strike. But such an error would not show the damage seen on the reverse face.
