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<p>[QUOTE="Howard Black, post: 3415247, member: 97119"]Nope, definitely not a strikethrough. I've got enough of them within three feet of where I'm sitting to be able to tell. There is a nontrivial amount of metal that was <b>very</b> forcibly gouged out of four equidistant locations on the edge. The two "flanges" visible in the photos are simply what remained after the metal in between was gouged out.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I had not personally opened that sealed Mint bag -- and, did not see that there was lettering pressed into the scraped area -- nice, clean lettering -- I'd have thought that some jerk had taken a Dremel with a thin cut-off wheel to it. (Except that a Dremel with a thin cut-off wheel will make a fairly clean "scoop" out of the edge. Whatever made these cuts was brutal! It's like it was done with a jagged piece of tool steel that was forced across the edge -- four times -- in a hydraulic press.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I've seen a lot of coins. I've probably seen more PMD coins than most "man on the street" types have seen of <i>coins</i>, period. But I've <i>never </i>seen anything like this! Not with a coin I've seen with my own eyes, or in an online photo.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'd really like to know what's the deal! (And, of course, if there's any value attached.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Howard Black, post: 3415247, member: 97119"]Nope, definitely not a strikethrough. I've got enough of them within three feet of where I'm sitting to be able to tell. There is a nontrivial amount of metal that was [B]very[/B] forcibly gouged out of four equidistant locations on the edge. The two "flanges" visible in the photos are simply what remained after the metal in between was gouged out. If I had not personally opened that sealed Mint bag -- and, did not see that there was lettering pressed into the scraped area -- nice, clean lettering -- I'd have thought that some jerk had taken a Dremel with a thin cut-off wheel to it. (Except that a Dremel with a thin cut-off wheel will make a fairly clean "scoop" out of the edge. Whatever made these cuts was brutal! It's like it was done with a jagged piece of tool steel that was forced across the edge -- four times -- in a hydraulic press.) I've seen a lot of coins. I've probably seen more PMD coins than most "man on the street" types have seen of [I]coins[/I], period. But I've [I]never [/I]seen anything like this! Not with a coin I've seen with my own eyes, or in an online photo. I'd really like to know what's the deal! (And, of course, if there's any value attached.)[/QUOTE]
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