1987 LMC Error on Reverse?

[Emma67]

Hi. I'm new to the Forum and making my first post. Thanks for this resource.

I’ve been intrigued by the gouge on the reverse of this coin. It could just be my eyes or misinterpretation but it seems like the letters T and E are formed on top of the indentation not flattened or pushed to the side as I would expect from PMD.

I did post this on another coin site and it was suggested that I seek help here. Two opinions were that it could be a struck through or planchet error. One person pointed out that there is a second area of interest above the monument that I hadn’t even noticed!

I’d appreciate your opinions on this.

[occnumis2021]

i would lean towards stirke-through but can't be 100% from the images which aren't terrible but the obv looks suspicious to me.

[Emma67]

Hi and thanks for responding. While I've had 90% of my coins for over 40 years, I've just recently begun learning about how to evaluate and grade them. I was leaning toward a strike-through also. Would you be kind enough to explain what you see on the obverse that looks suspicious? I haven't noticed anything that caught my eye.
Thanks again for your help

[occnumis2021]

Hi and thanks for responding. While I've had 90% of my coins for over 40 years, I've just recently begun learning about how to evaluate and grade them. I was leaning toward a strike-through also. Would you be kind enough to explain what you see on the obverse that looks suspicious? I haven't noticed anything that caught my eye.
Thanks again for your help

idk, it just looks off but very well could just be the lighting. it does weird things to the appearances of coins in images and sometimes in person.

happy to hear you are delving down into your collection more. you'll probably come out with more questions than answers. numismatics is the deep end of the pool.

[MintErrors]

I will offer my opinion on this. In order for the letters to be struck normally, it would more than likely have had to be a flat surface. Then, some how or some where either immediately after the strike or afterwards, several layers of lamination was torn off. To me, that would explain the semi normal looking strike and the small crater as well. I will look closer at it when I return to the home office.