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Posted 01/20/2008 12:20 am
This is one of those coins that you have to have in your hands to take an educated guess on....BUT
I have a problem with the partial clip theory because clips happen when the metal strip is being cut from the metal sheets used to make blanks.
If you look at the top of the coin, you see a damage to the edge between the E and R. If this was partially clipped during the process of making a blank and then creating a planchet with the blank going through the upsetting mill , that damage would not be there as it would have been obliterated by the strike.
Also, if the cutters that cut blanks from the metal strip only kissed the metal leaving a curve during that process, the curved line that you see would also have been flattened and obliterated during the strike.
I lean toward some form of after strike damage.
I have a problem with the partial clip theory because clips happen when the metal strip is being cut from the metal sheets used to make blanks.
If you look at the top of the coin, you see a damage to the edge between the E and R. If this was partially clipped during the process of making a blank and then creating a planchet with the blank going through the upsetting mill , that damage would not be there as it would have been obliterated by the strike.
Also, if the cutters that cut blanks from the metal strip only kissed the metal leaving a curve during that process, the curved line that you see would also have been flattened and obliterated during the strike.
I lean toward some form of after strike damage.
