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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bmmartin, post: 3919058, member: 98956&quot;]PMD - are we casting lots on Survivor? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll try to expand a little because I like to have fun with guessing causes (although only the person that created this can know for sure).</p><p><br /></p><p>My first impression was that the coin was a pure vice grip/plier job (compression and torque, seems to be confirmed by twisted shape from the edge photo) followed by a repair job (use of some adhesive on the reverse).&nbsp; The more I looked at the first two photos, the more I was convinced that it was PMD on two coins that Dr. Frankenstein decided to mate.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, the next pics that FoundinTN posted had me intrigued a bit because, rather than a mad experiment involving two coins, it looked like a single coin with a loose flap that had been repaired - I&#039;ve seen this on a few lamination errors (sorry, no evidence) that someone thought they should repair and on old hammered coins (that also looked Elmer glued together).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The third picture seems to show that it&#039;s like a hinge?&nbsp; Is that correct, Nicole?&nbsp; If so, is the legend intact or is it sheered apart around the &quot;S&quot; (like it appears to be in the first two sets of photos).</p><p><br /></p><p>However, regardless of what it is now, it definitely didn&#039;t leave the mint like that, nor does it seem anywhere near possible that the damage stemmed from purely mint-related issues (a planchet flaw, etc.).&nbsp; I say this because the loose hinged part, where it connects with the &quot;S&quot; is stretched and warped, like someone pulled on it (think taffy).&nbsp; Rather than matching like a puzzle, the &quot;S&quot; on the hinged portion is now larger than the &quot;S&quot; on the primary portion.</p><p><br /></p><p>I could believe a theory that this coin may have had a lamination issue.&nbsp; I could also be convinced that this caused someone to want to get a peak underneath the hood (I&#039;ll admit guilt in doing things like this in the past, like splitting a bimetallic coin apart or sawing a clad in half.&nbsp; No one else got a case of swamp leeches?&nbsp; I&#039;m the only one?&nbsp; What&#039;s the deal?).</p><p><br /></p><p>However, the compression, torqued shape, and warped lettering all seem to point towards at least some level of (if not all) manmade damage.&nbsp; Thus, any potential (if any) value this may have had as an error is gone and it is purely PMD now as Fred stated.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please correct me if my logic is flawed at all, y&#039;all![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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