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Is the Edge weird on the middle one?
Is the Edge weird on the middle one?
The edge is simply less worn than the others. The pattern is the same but you can see the components clearly.
The edge also shows some doubling - that would be the overlap. At the time the edger was steam driven and more than one blank was edged at one time. So many of the standardized die coins are found with multiple edges - after one full rotation (a double impression) it usually gets hard to make out the individual segments.
Regarding the "extra" out line on the wings that is also seen on many standard die impressions. I presume it was a milling line on the hub. This extra outline would not likely survive die lapping - so many older dies have no trace remaining even on MS examples.





























