20c - Is this an error or just damage?

[tooloot]

Hi guys. First time posting.

I found this 20c coin in my change - Does anyone know if this is simply damage, or have I stumbled upon an error in the minting process?

[Nevol]

I'm pretty certain its's PMD (Post Mint Damage).

[humpybong]

Yep...definitely a home made job, the side view really gave it away.

[tooloot]

Damn... I'm pretty new to noodling for errors (been collecting low mintage etc for ages), so I got pretty excited! Just more motivation to keep looking! Thanks

[Fulvio]

Damn... I'm pretty new to noodling for errors (been collecting low mintage etc for ages), so I got pretty excited! Just more motivation to keep looking! Thanks

Don't worry about it. Some of the PMD can look quite impressive. And I'm sure we all have one or two salted away because of it. I've got a burnt 5¢ that is the prettiest coin I've ever seen in the wild, for example.

I don't think yours was a shed job, BTW. I reckon it was chewed up by a vending machine, like all those 50¢ coins in another thread. While it doesn't affect the outcome, I think its worth knowing if something was made deliberately or not. The deliberate ones are usually attempts to rob unsuspecting people, whereas the accidental ones have a certain charm. :angel:

BTW, you'll soon find yourself running out of image attachment space. Much better to park your images someplace (Imgur is nice, and the forum has its own gallery too) and link to them by putting the URL inside IMG tags. Just like HTML tags, but with square brackets. Sort of like this, without the spaces:

[ IMG ]http://whatever.the.image.link.is[ /IMG ]

[tooloot]

Great thanks for the feedback and advice!