Posted 12/15/2013 10:23 pm
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When evaluating mis-struck coins (which is the proper term, meaning no offense - stamps are printed, cons are struck), one has to consider what is physically possible for the Mint presses to do to a coin. I don't see how what we can see here is possible from the minting process, so one must assume that whatever happened was post-Mint. I'm inclined to agree with Nancy's opinion, although some traumatic encounter with a heavy force is also possible. The reverse image isn't clear enough to form accurate opinion, though, so the question is still open.
When evaluating mis-struck coins (which is the proper term, meaning no offense - stamps are printed, cons are struck), one has to consider what is physically possible for the Mint presses to do to a coin. I don't see how what we can see here is possible from the minting process, so one must assume that whatever happened was post-Mint. I'm inclined to agree with Nancy's opinion, although some traumatic encounter with a heavy force is also possible. The reverse image isn't clear enough to form accurate opinion, though, so the question is still open.
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