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Message:: [QUOTE="Insider, post: 2560902, member: 24314"]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> IMO, there is too much PMD being thrown around all over CT threads.  If we wish to be technical than ANYTHING that happens to a coin after it is struck is PMD. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> That includes: ejection doubling, bag marks, scratches, glue residue, corrosion, etc. Thankfully, we've given specific names to many of them. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The "key" to ID this mark is the coin's obverse.  The area under the "punch mark" (and that is what it is), is flat.  As to the punch itself, the first thing I noticed is it looks like an eagle's head (my imagination?).   There is absolutely no evidence indicating the "mark" was scooped out and the "flat" obverse proves it is not.  Hope this helps. PS  Don't sell the coin until you ID the mark.  Start with "Eagle countermark."  It may be a contemporary jeweler's mark.[/QUOTE]