Can anyone identify this waffle mark? Mint Error or Post Mint Damage? 1 1

[WNC Coins & Collectibles]

I found this coin and do not know what to make of the waffle effect.  I suspect post mint counter strike, but do not know for sure.  Any assistance is appreciated.  Please and Thanks.

[Just Bob]

Bench vise jaws.

[WNC Coins & Collectibles]

Ahhh....  I can see that.  Makes sense.  Thank you.  I hate tossing anything back I cannot identify.

[powermad5000]

Agree. Someone squeezed the heck out of it in a vise. You can also check the coin from the edge and see if it is slightly thinner in that area than on the rest of the coin. That would tell you someone was playing with a vise in the garage or basement.

[WNC Coins & Collectibles]

Yep.  The squeezed edge is thinner.  Thank you.

 

[Jason Abshier]

On 6/26/2023 at 11:36 PM, powermad5000 said:

someone was playing with a vise in the garage or basement.

That would be me , one of my many hobbies include pressing coins in a Vice and going to the local parking lots and tossing them out in random spots and waiting for newbies to hit this post with their errors they found … just kidding 

[RWB]

The waffle marks are from IHOP. It's made by the machine they use to convert stale pancakes into fresh waffles. Looks like someone accidentally dropped their tip money.

[EagleRJO]

On 6/27/2023 at 1:25 PM, RWB said:

The waffle marks are from IHOP. It's made by the machine they use to convert stale pancakes into fresh waffles

You were off a bit ... they convert stale waffles into stale pancakes.  

[RWB]

Ohhhh...my mistake. I thought that stale pancakes became waffles, and stale waffles, became omelets. Be patient -- I'll eventually get it right!

Edited June 29, 2023 by RWB

[VKurtB]

I'm thinking this coin has experienced an alien abduction, or at least wishing it has.