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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Howard Black, post: 3415094, member: 97119&quot;]There are FOUR fairly deep gouges, at the four cardinal positions (NSEW). Some of the edge lettering is OVER the scrapes. They start as a scrape, then progress to a deep gouge in the center, leaving two &quot;flanges&quot; on either side (obe/rev), and then thin out to scrapes on the far side of the gouge.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited to add: Definitely not a clip. I have some clipped coins, they&#039;re nothing like this. This is four equidistant fairly deep gouges, which were made before the edge lettering was applied -- this is evident because of lettering that is stamped INTO the scrape marks (the gouging is progressive -- starts as scraping, progresses into a &quot;scooped&quot; out gouge, and then some scraping.</p><p><br /></p><p>If not for two things, I would think it to be PMD -- those two things:</p><ol> <li>I got it out of a bag that was sewed shut at the U.S. Mint.</li> <li>Some lettering is placed where the metal is removed, and the letters are nice and clean, stamped <i>into</i> the scraped metal.</li> </ol><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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