A coin gets caught in the striking chamber, and before the coin gets struck again, a blank is pushed under it, and the strike effects the coin besides where the blockage occurred.
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Very cool silver cent error coin SPP, nice snag. Looking at the PCGS picture, the strike is weak due to a lack of metal to fill the devices because of the size of the dime planchet, how does a grader grade this noting the lack of a full strike? Is it based on relative lack of marks in fields and on the coin features which indicates a lack of wear, thus a mint state grade.
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