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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 4531822, member: 105571&quot;]I&#039;ve been thinking about this for the last day and have a hypothesis based upon some observations.&nbsp; This could be way off base but here goes:</p><p><br /></p><p>First, I think it is PMD.&nbsp; Someone deliberately maimed this coin and did so in a very specific way, purpose unknown.</p><p><br /></p><p>As has been stated, how did the reverse get &quot;mushed&quot; while leaving the obverse seemingly untouched.&nbsp; I think the obverse has been affected but not the devices.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you look at the obverse dentils, they seem to me to be somewhat flattened in a manner not associated with wear.&nbsp; Since the dentils are supposedly the high point (I know with early copper you can&#039;t assume that), it would be possible to strike the coin using a hollow cylinder (similar to a bearing outer race driver) that would not impact the inner devices.</p><p><br /></p><p>Similarly, the reverse could have been placed on an anvil that is solid across its face but slightly smaller in diameter than the coin.&nbsp; There is a small raised lip at the rim at about 7 that could have been raised from this anvil.</p><p><br /></p><p>Place the coin&#039;s reverse on the solid anvil, place the hollow cylinder on the obverse rim and give it one or a few whacks until the reverse devices are smushed but the obverse is left mostly unaffected.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just playing around with theories since I can&#039;t think of any crazy mint process that would produce this effect.&nbsp; Why anyone would want to do this is beyond me, but then again I have put cents on train tracks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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