ASE question re: pre/post minting issue

[jesbroken]

hey all

A little help please. Who could I send this coin to other than a TPG that could tell me whether the planchet had a hardness test applied and instead of being discarded was then mixed into the minting process? I was told last year to send it to NGC and I emailed them with the question and was sent to the submission page. I purchased 5 1986 coins and 5 1987 coins at the same time at a coinshow and did not look close enough at them, then 20 years later I am looking at them and see this. I offer a couple of photos showing the mark. I cannot imagine anyone performing a hardness test on an uncirculated specimen but go figure-people shoot people because they are mad.

 

 

[MunkyMan95]

People get bored... I might do a hardness test on a SAE if I had the equipment. It makes a cool dent!

[Dwaine]

[physics-fan3.14]

That does not appear like the hardness test was performed before striking. I agree, it does look like a hardness test dent, but the hole seems very large. All the hardness tests I have done have been 1/16th inch or smaller diameter tips. I could definitely see it being done in a college lab course, just because it is an easily obtainable and fairly uniform sample of an important metal.

[jesbroken]

If you will note it is about the size of the base of the letter A, which I would imagine is about .06 or close to 1/16. The dealer I bought these from had about 20 or so and they were not out of my hands for 20 years. I have no way of knowing what happened in the short time before my ownership but I feel that he got them from the mint, just a feeling-not knowlege.