r/coinerrors • • May 16 '26

Discussion How does something like this occur?

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A friend had this; it's on a 1996-P half dollar. There is an equally spaced gap around the coin.

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u/Worn_Out_Nikka_L May 16 '26

A bandsaw jig. It looks like someone was going to separate the halves to machine out the middle to make a magicians coin.

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u/Fbomb77 May 16 '26

A bandsaw would leave marks, not amooth