Any ideas how this may have happened?

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Possibly excessive wear from being carried in a pants pocket for many years or smashed between two pieces of metal in a vise.
 

I agree with the pocket coin scenario.
 

maybe someones lucky coin that they allways had in their pocket.
brad
 

wow, that sure is a LOT of wear for a non-silver pocket piece in my opinion.....wonder if there is any chance it could be a die adjustment strike.....? :dontknow:

HH all!

Greg
 

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wow, that sure is a LOT of wear for a non-silver pocket piece in my opinion.....wonder if there is any chance it could be a die adjustment strike.....? :dontknow:

HH all!

Greg

Uh, no. It was someone's lucky charm, that's all.
 

That's a sweet find, somebody carried that in their pocket for many years, then one day, it was gone!

Nice find, congrats.
 

That's a sweet find, somebody carried that in their pocket for many years, then one day, it was gone!

Nice find, congrats.

I have seen Morgan Silver Dollars that were carried so long as a lucky piece that the only way you could tell it was a Silver Dollar was because it was Silver, meaning it met the ring test and because it had reeding on the edge.
 

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Not sure why die adjustment strike couldn't be the reason.....here are a couple examples.....don't these look just like "lucky charms"?....please enlighten me as to the differences you see between the Ike and these 2 slabbed errors.....
 

i think its because on these the rim is still there,but not on his
Not sure why die adjustment strike couldn't be the reason.....here are a couple examples.....don't these look just like "lucky charms"?....please enlighten me as to the differences you see between the Ike and these 2 slabbed errors.....
 

When I was growing up, the nice gentleman who ran our local grocery store showed me a silver dollar he'd carried since he was a kid. His father had given it to him to cheer him up when his dog died. It was worn completely smooth. This was decades ago, so I don't recall what the rim looked like but I think that explanation makes a great deal of sense.

Good luck to all,

The Old Bookaroo
 

IMHO: It was a persons "lucky" coin or a "worry" coin you would rub to relieve stress.
 

I found a similar coin in a creek with running water. The bottom side was almost smooth. I figured it had been sliding around on the abrasive surface it was lying on. Just a guess................Daniel
 

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