Is this Lincoln broadstruck or PMD? 1 1

[Mr.Bill347]

Found this is the loose coin bin at the antique store. I can see three distinct strikes, monticello, and some kind of mintmark on the obverse by mostly smooth. 

 

[VKurtB]

Looks like railroad damage. 

[Mohawk]

In looking at the photos, I concur with railroad damage.  It just doesn't look like anything that could have happened during the minting process but it does look like a cent laid on a railroad track.

[Mr.Bill347]

On 10/17/2021 at 2:48 PM, Mohawk said:

In looking at the photos, I concur with railroad damage.  It just doesn't look like anything that could have happened during the minting process but it does look like a cent laid on a railroad track.

But that wouldn’t explain the three distinct strikes on the reverse bottom.also the whatever it is on the smooth obverse is raised above the surface so much you can feel it.

[Coinbuf]

On 10/17/2021 at 11:57 AM, Mr.Bill347 said:

But that wouldn’t explain the three distinct strikes on the reverse bottom.also the whatever it is on the smooth obverse is raised above the surface so much you can feel it.

Does not look broadstruck to me, more of a vice job or attempt to make an error.   the fact that the smooth side is raised almost certainly suggests PMD.

[Mohawk]

On 10/17/2021 at 2:57 PM, Mr.Bill347 said:

But that wouldn’t explain the three distinct strikes on the reverse bottom.also the whatever it is on the smooth obverse is raised above the surface so much you can feel it.

I have to ask......did you ever place a cent on railroad tracks as a kid?  I did, and some of those cents did appear to have multiple images after the train had run over them.  I don't know the exact mechanism that made that happen, but it did happen.  I wish I still had some of those cents to show you here, but this was well over 30 years ago and they're long gone.  

[Mr.Bill347]

Thanks guys, I’m going with pmd, but can’t figure out why the three strikes are full height while the rest is flattened out, but as Mohawk said, we have all flattened coins on the railroad tracks, and weird things happen.

[VKurtB]

On 10/17/2021 at 2:06 PM, Mr.Bill347 said:

Thanks guys, I’m going with pmd, but can’t figure out why the three strikes are full height while the rest is flattened out, but as Mohawk said, we have all flattened coins on the railroad tracks, and weird things happen.

Three stacked?

[J P M]

On 10/17/2021 at 3:36 PM, VKurtB said:

Three stacked?

Ya with some scotch tape 

[RonnieR131]

I worked on the railroad for 48 years, and yes, triple stacked on the track. We would run over stacked coins very slowly, inching to them, holding them in place with a stick. Had a lot of fun. Sometimes I would tape a full soda to the inside of a boxcar knuckle where it couldn't be seen. Then watch when the other person would couple another boxcar into the one with the soda, them standing next to it, 40 tons of iron against iron, powerful spray foam shooting everywhere. Blue collar boredom, guess that's why I never made it to CEO.