I'm thinking that this is blanking related .
Copper was smeared up the nickel clad towards side that would eventually become the obverse when the blanks were cut from the clad sheets. The rolling mill helped and the strike finished moving the copper to show over the rim
Just my take on it
Copper was smeared up the nickel clad towards side that would eventually become the obverse when the blanks were cut from the clad sheets. The rolling mill helped and the strike finished moving the copper to show over the rim
Just my take on it























