TonyDv Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Is it a mint error or a PMD 'hammer coin". Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenstang Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 It is damage, that would have had to happen after it left the mint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Meenderink Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 PMD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyDv Posted December 2, 2023 Author Share Posted December 2, 2023 This is where I am confused. The "IBE" under LIBERTY are not backwards. Shouldn't those 3 letters be backwards if a cent was overlayed onto it and were hammered/viced? Also, the 3 extra letters ("IBE") are not incuse, they are raised devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleRJO Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Looks like a bad attempt to create some type of error with a home made punch that would leave raised letters. Think about it, how would that have been created from a coining press at the mint, particularly with the bent shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyDv Posted December 2, 2023 Author Share Posted December 2, 2023 Maybe a Prior die break and a strike-through with fragment? The letters are correctly orientated in that "fragment" section. Who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l.cutler Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 On 12/2/2023 at 11:09 AM, TonyDv said: Maybe a Prior die break and a strike-through with fragment? The letters are correctly orientated in that "fragment" section. Who knows. No, the coin could not be bent like that if it happened while it was in the dies. Had to have been done after. EagleRJO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
