Any idea what happened here?
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 7:10 pmI found this half dollar the other day. The 9 looks a little "off". I can't tell if it is an error or post mint damage. Any help would be greatly appreciated
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 7:10 pmRe: Any idea what happened here?
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 7:14 pmI'm the last guy who should comment on this, but it looks like a bad strike to me.
Re: Any idea what happened here?
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 6:18 pmLooks like something dinged the rim of the coin and pushed that displaced bit of metal into an odd, but coincidental alignment with the tail of the 9. Might see that better under magnification.
Re: Any idea what happened here?
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 6:59 pmMorsecode wrote:Looks like something dinged the rim of the coin and pushed that displaced bit of metal into an odd, but coincidental alignment with the tail of the 9. Might see that better under magnification.
That's what it looks like to me too.
Re: Any idea what happened here?
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 8:26 pmYeah. That looks like what is it now that you spelled it out for me. It looks like there is a bit of metal missing to the right. Thanks for your help guys 