Yes, Dearborn, the press would have had two adjacent die pairs operating in synchrony. If one of the die pairs strikes the planchet a micro-second before the other die pair, then you will see a slide zone develop. The smaller strike lacks a slide zone, suggesting that this impact was ever-so-slightly delayed relative to the larger strike.
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