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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 3536701, member: 15199&quot;]As a definition , once the coin is struck and ejected into the collection device,&nbsp; any further alteration of the surface is not Mint variation, it is damage. Thus if a coin falls out of a ballast sack, and a foot grinds it into the concrete, it is Damage as I understand it and not a Mint error, Just as Mechanical vibration ( MD) is not a mint DD.</p><p><br /></p><p>So even if a &quot;mechanic &quot; on the mint facility, modified a coin he plucked out of the collecting bag, it would not be a Mint produced variety or error .&nbsp; &nbsp; As someone previously said if a newly made coin is spilled on the pavement of the mint parking lot by a mint employee and ran over by a mint vehicle driven by a mint employee, the result is still not a mint error. Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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