I have had this coin for a while and always just thought it was smashed, but after looking at it closely today I am wondering if it is an example of a broadstruck coin, the central design is pretty much intact and you could see faint outline of the dentrices.
I am unfamiliar with this exact type of coin, but judging by how rough it is around the edges, it looks more likely to be PMD. If the diameter of the coin is slightly larger then a regular coin of that same design and denomination, then it may be broadstruck. -Brian
It is larger in Dia. than normal , if you look above the "dos" in the word estados you could see where the dentricals and the edge shoud be.
Hmm, interesting. Then it is possible that it is a broadstruck coin. Because of the metal compostion, it may just appear to be ragged around the edges causing it to look like PMD. I need familiarize myself with more foreign coins. -Brian
I would say PMD. If the rims were beaten down the coin would also be larger in diameter. But on a broadstrike, especially a centered broadstrike, the edges of the coin would be the same thickness as the planchet was, and the center thinner. On this coin the edges appear to be beaten down and thinner than the central area.
have you checked how much it weighs compared to normal? If it is pmd you would think it would weigh slightly less
Less if you grind the edges off, the same if they are beaten down. And if you ground them off the coin would not be larger in diameter.
