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[Thomas Beers]

I’m thinking some of this damage was done by press … anyone’s opinion?

[Thomas Beers]

[l.cutler]

No, absolutely not.  All of that is post mint damage. There is just no way anything like that can happen during the minting process.

[Thomas Beers]

From what I looked at sure can

[l.cutler]

That is totally different!  Laminations are from a flaw in the planchet, a layer of metal separates and lifts.  Your coin is just mangled, notice how it is bent out of shape?  Study up on sites like error-ref.com, varietyvista.com, doubleddie.com, and you'll soon be seeing the difference.

[Thomas Beers]

I have heard before of debris also finding it’s way onto a press is that legit too

[l.cutler]

On 1/4/2023 at 4:34 AM, Thomas Beers said:

I have heard before of debris also finding it’s way onto a press is that legit too

Coins can definitely be struck through debris, but that would look nothing like this.

Edited January 4, 2023 by l.cutler

[JT2]

looks like a parking lot find.... or a train..........

[EagleRJO]

Definitely one for my "Good, Bad and Ugly" Parking Lot set with PMD if I had found that. May be heat damage combined with impact damage, as it also appears to have a bit of a "dryer coin" appearance.

Edited August 26, 2023 by EagleRJO

[RWB]

On 1/4/2023 at 3:46 AM, Thomas Beers said:

I’m thinking some of this damage was done by press … anyone’s opinion?

What suggests that was the case?

Only the design was struck by a press - the rest is common damage as stated by others.

[The Neophyte Numismatist]

Damage.

[VKurtB]

Emotional Damage!

[Thomas Beers]

On 1/4/2023 at 12:34 PM, VKurtB said:

Emotional Damage!

This has nothing to do with my childhood VKurtB

[Thomas Beers]

Curios to what happened to his head though 

[Greenstang]

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Curious what happened to his head though

One thing about damage is unless you were there when it happened, you may never know how it occurred, there are too many variables. It doesn’t really matter though, damage is damage no matter the cause.

[l.cutler]

Looks like his head took a hard enough hit to bulge out the reverse.

[SCHWA]

Looks like it was a pocket screw driver.

[RWB]

On 1/4/2023 at 3:11 PM, Thomas Beers said:

Curios to what happened to his head though 

Damage. Something hard hit the coin and dented it. Take a quarter from your packet and wack it a few times with a hammer, screw driver, other coins, a teenager...anything hard and unvielding.

[EagleRJO]

On 1/4/2023 at 5:16 PM, RWB said:

... wack it a few times with a hammer, screw driver, other coins, a teenager...anything hard and unvielding.

... RWB's opinions. etc.

Edited January 5, 2023 by EagleRJO

[Mike824]

On 1/4/2023 at 3:46 AM, Thomas Beers said:

I’m thinking some of this damage was done by press … anyone’s opinion?

So if you're thinking this might be a Strike Through, it's not. If you look at the corresponding area on the reverse, you'll see that it's flattened. So it was out of the coin press when this was done. If it was done in the coin press the reverse would have a normal appearance. It'd be totally cool if it was, but it's not. Just a sad little coin that's had a rough 40 years.

[Just Bob]

On 1/4/2023 at 3:56 PM, l.cutler said:

Looks like his head took a hard enough hit to bulge out the reverse.

 

On 1/4/2023 at 4:31 PM, Mike824 said:

 If you look at the corresponding area on the reverse, you'll see that it's flattened. So it was out of the coin press when this was done. If it was done in the coin press the reverse would have a normal appearance. 

These.

Neither a lamination nor a struck-through error would show a corresponding flattened bulge on the reverse. All pocket change searchers should take note of this.

[zeednr]

Adding this PMD parking lot to my "Good, Bad, and Ugly" collection. It seems like it was hit by something heavy and then heated, giving it a kind of a "dryer coin" aspect.

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[Mike Meenderink]

That's a coin I grade Route 66 FUBAR.