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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 2600390, member: 24633&quot;]Okay, please bear with me! My Dad used to have a huge vise that was shaped like a blacksmith&#039;s anvil, and the round bar that turned the screw drive to open and close it was about 1&quot; in diameter and 14&quot; long. The whole thing weighed more than 50 lbs. and my Dad custom-built a large work table in the garage on which to bolt it in place. He used this vise to hold axes in place while he sharpened them. My Dad was a firm believer in overkill. Believe me! If he wanted to hang a picture on the wall, he would probably use an 8-penny nail.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, it looks like this coin may have been damaged in a two-step process. First, some sort of straight-edged, steel tool was hammered into the obverse face of the coin, and then the outer edges were (literally) crushed in the jaws of a large vise.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, that&#039;s my story, and I&#039;m sticking to it! (Mary Ann from Laugh-In <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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