Anyone have an ungraded 2024 Silver Flowing hair medal they can inspect the edge for me? I am seeing some edge lettering on mine, but can't tell if it's on the PCGS gasket or the coin edge. Very hard to see what the letters are. To my naked eye it looks like "404 S". I don't think it's just scratches, edges looks too clean and two of the marks are identical. Please check yours. If anyone has any ideas what this might be, I am all ears. My eyes cannot make it out in hand. I will try to get some more pics with macro lens this weekend, but the position of the marks makes it near impossible. I am thinking since my medal graded MS70, PCGS would have seen it and not graded it so highly if they are just stay marks. / Post mint damage, even if they themselves caused it. They are in very noticeable and prominent spot and no way they would miss it if they were scratches from their removal of the mint packaging. Likewise, if anyone has a PCGS graded example, I would be curious if you see such marks on the edge, as it may be on the gasket, (I'm 90% sure it's on the coin). Do you see anything other than a 100% plain edge? My guesses (assuming they are letters) are "404 2" or "404 S". Did they physically number these medals when minted? Designer initials? Macro shot (best I could do):
I flipped image, I mean is this is PMD, they did a darn good job: If that isn't "40.4 2" I might be going crazy! [Four] [Zero] [Dot] [Four] [space] [Two] Okay, any thoughts on what these letters mean? Tell me this is sort of discovery coin and I will be rolling in the cash!
Now, why those numbers say 40.4 2 instead of anticipated size of the coin 40.6mm is the real question. Presumably, the ring holding the coin has a .2mm smaller diameter to ensure the coin doesn't move?
Tiny details, eh? If you look at the bottom of newer PCGS slabs, you'll also see a faint string of 6-8 seemingly random characters. It's quite faint, but under the right light you can make it out. I think it has something to do with authenticating when the slab was sealed, though I'm quite certain PCGS is tight lipped on this to prevent forgeries.
Maybe it means that it is 40.4mm but can accommodate coins .2mm in either direction (to fit anything that is 40.2-40.6)? Just a guess on my part.
