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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;foundinrolls, post: 725847, member: 4350&quot;]The coin showing&nbsp; the obverse at the beginning of the thread show types of post-mint damage.&nbsp; I only read the first page before I posted so this may have been hashed out later But...</p><p><br /></p><p>Post Mint damage as mentioned happens after the coin is made.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t matter if the coin is in a bag from the Mint.&nbsp; the coins are moved around in huge bins and each coin is being banged around and bag marked as the coins are being moved around.&nbsp; That doesn&#039;t even take into consideration the damage that happens as coins are being dumped onto each other during the minting process or the bagging process.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Once the coins are made,&nbsp; they are in huge bags on palletes that are then shipped to private companies that count and wrap the coins.&nbsp; In other words , those neat little wrappers that are printed by Strings are used outside the Mint at a private company.</p><p><br /></p><p>The counting machines and the wrapping machines are unmerciful and cause all kinds of damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>In simple terms,&nbsp; a mini-bag of coins from the Mint can have coins loaded with any type of post-mint damage.&nbsp; Any coin in a machine wrapped roll which was not wrapped by the Mint (they haven&#039;t been since about 1999) can have post mint damage.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Mint bags and machine wrappers are no guarantee that anything on the coin is a &quot;Mint Error&quot;...it is more likely damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>You need to become more familiar with the process at the Mint before you can call something an error or Post Mint damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins that were at the top of the thread are clunkers with damage that happened after the coins were minted.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second post shows marks that are remnants of die polishing.&nbsp; They are not that unusual on modern coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Bill[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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