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[Sharann]

Can someone/anyone please offer me some guidance about this mint mark? It doesn't match any error I can find, but it looks quite odd. Thank y'all in advance! 

[Lem E]

Looks like just a D mintmark with a hint of PMD. Not quite sure what that little blob on the step underneath is though. 

Edited March 25, 2021 by Lem E
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[Woods020]

Agreed. Looks like it took a hit 

[Lem E]

Ok. I may have looked at this too long and am overthinking, but... Logically this would just be a case of PMD, however, (and this is only a far fetched theory) say the blob on the steps is a die chip. The chip falls on the planchet and creates a strike through on the mintmark. You just happened to find the coin that was struck when the chip broke and fell out. The blob/die chip(?) is intriguing because it looks similar in size to the mintmark spot and I can’t help but wonder if the mintmark damage and the die chip(?) are related somehow. Like I said, far fetched theory, but I guess technically possible. Most likely PMD, but with these crazy coins, you never know.

[JKK]

It's a ding from circulation. Any raised device, such as a mint mark, is vulnerable to these.

[Fenntucky Mike]

PMD, steps as well.

[Modwriter]

On 3/24/2021 at 8:53 PM, Sharann said:

Can someone/anyone please offer me some guidance about this mint mark? It doesn't match any error I can find, but it looks quite odd. Thank y'all in advance! 

Are you going to send it to NGC for grading?

[Sharann]

1 hour ago, Modwriter said:

Are you going to send it to NGC for grading?

No. I was just curious about it. 

[Conder101]

Looks like the serif of the D took a hit, as did the steps below.

[RWB]

It's the famous "Damaged D" mintmark.....