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1613-14 Harrington Farthing - Misaligned Roller Dies

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The minting process for these is interesting. This is what happens when the dies are misaligned. Coins are punched out from a sheet post strike (roll).

1613-14-Harrington-Farthing---Misaligned-Roller-Dies
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Very interesting.

Thanks for sharing this.
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Quite a dramatic misalignment on that one.
Shears were also sometimes used to cut the coins from the strip.
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