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Post Mint Damage (PMD)
PMD is damage to a coin that happened after it left the mint. There’s an infinite amount of ways a coin can be damaged but only a finite amount of ways a coin become a mint error. So just about anything can happen to a coin once it leaves the mint, and people love to experiment, damage, carve and just play with coins and tools.
The video below is an example of a post mint damaged coins that someone thought where die gouges but it is post mint gouged, thus PMD.
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Roller Marks
Roller marks are thin parallel lines on a coin’s surface, sometimes they’re extremely obvious. Roller marks occur when the planchet alloy was rolled into sheets, the rollers were not smooth and sometimes would create these marks. The strike was supposed to smooth out these marks but this didn’t occur.
These add no extra value to a coin.
Dual Denomination
A double denomination is when an already struck coin is struck by dies intended for another denomination. An example is a struck dime over-struck by dies intended for a Lincoln Cent and this example is often pet-named 11 cents.
Anomalies
Minor & Common Errors
In most instance a coin missing a design element is extremely common and caused by a myriad of circumstances. The most common tend to be struck though grease or a mint employee filed it off when removing die clash marks, burrs or attempting to correct other die issues.
Lincoln Cents are known for these issues and are minted in the billions, so most are just common missing elements. Usually a digit is missing of the date or something is wrong with LIBERTY or the motto, since they’re closest to the rim.
Often there was was an issue with adjusting striking pressure on a cent and the O in ONE might be weakly struck at the top, or a digit is extremely weak or missing on a 1943 steel cent, just to name a couple.
A worn die can cause die cracks, chips and make digits and letters look doubled (Poor Man’s Doubled Die) but these are minor and do not add value ot a coin.
Also design elements closest to the rim are subject to other issues with the die being slightly off center causing the L to be further up on the rim, or the die sliding created strike doubling, or die wear that can mimic doubling. So it’s always important to first think of your coin as not a mint error until you learn the coin minting process.
The above nickel a commonly found example and doesn’t have much premium for most mint error collectors.
PMD (Post Mint Damage)
Another reason for issues found on coins is damage from a counter wheel and usually this damage creates parallel lines or parallel lines in a crescent shape on the coin. All of these are post mint damage PMD.
Another coin commonly found is a dryer coin and these coins were tumbled in the dryer process and will have smashed features that make them look thicker or wider than usual.
It is damage and not a mint error. No extra value added.
Broad Strike
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Missing Plating Layer
Partially plating issues could be caused by a failure of the copper plating from adhering and then falling off or some other manufacturing error. Unplated planchets somehow missed the plating process, but this effect can also be achieved with certain science experiments; so a closer examination or taking it to an expert is in order.
A couple of things to remember is the coin without plating or missing partial plating was struck when the plating was missing and the surface should be relatively smooth. If it is porous or too grainy then the plating might have been artificially removed.
Also see Missing Clad Layer
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Off Metal Planchets
It is very important to first weigh your coin to make sure it is the weight of the planchet one thinks it is. If it looks silver then it must weigh the same weight as a silver planchet. Also, a coin needs to be tested by an XRF device, some dealers and refineries use them, but you can also contact PCGS or NGC and they will test them.
There’s a lot of plated and altered coins in the “wild” so it’s important to weigh your coin and have it tested. Also, just because a coin is a little over weight or under weight doesn’t mean it’s a mint error or an off metal planchet.
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