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<p>[QUOTE="adelv_unegv, post: 282688, member: 7247"]That looks <i>distinctly</i> like lathe lines. Notice there is no raised rim. It's been lathed off. Sorry, guy. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that's been machined <i>after</i> it was minted. That makes it post-mint damage. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's my understanding -- and I'm certainly no expert -- that to have a uniface coin (a design on one side but not the other; as a mint error) requires two planchets to be struck at the same time . . . heads on one coin, tails on the other. Sorry guy, but my verdict must be PMD.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="adelv_unegv, post: 282688, member: 7247"]That looks [i]distinctly[/i] like lathe lines. Notice there is no raised rim. It's been lathed off. Sorry, guy. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that's been machined [i]after[/i] it was minted. That makes it post-mint damage. It's my understanding -- and I'm certainly no expert -- that to have a uniface coin (a design on one side but not the other; as a mint error) requires two planchets to be struck at the same time . . . heads on one coin, tails on the other. Sorry guy, but my verdict must be PMD. Sorry.[/QUOTE]
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