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Message:: [QUOTE="non_cents, post: 1930257, member: 30970"]When it comes to errors, there is a finite set of things that could happen during the minting process that results in an error. Therefore, when looking at a coin, you have to think "what during the minting process could have caused this?" In the case of this coin, there really isn't anything during the minting process that could have caused your coin to turn out like that. The overall appearance, from the thicker rims to the odd surface texture, lack of plating in most areas, and reduced weight is almost certainly the result of a coin being damaged or altered after it left the mint. For every one way that a coin could become an error in the minting process, there are 100 ways it could be damaged after it left the mint. For some coins we can almost certainly say it is damaged because there are telltale signs that it did not leave the mint like that...but unfortunately because there are so many ways it could be damaged, it is sometimes very difficult or impossible to say exactly how it was damaged.[/QUOTE]