Lots of things can distort the device elements on a coin, like mechanical damage, or acid, or just an acidic environment.
In your case, I think it was cause by a set is dies that should have been replaced long before this coin was struck.
On it I see extreme Die Deterioration Doubling and Machine Doubling too.
In your case, I think it was cause by a set is dies that should have been replaced long before this coin was struck.
On it I see extreme Die Deterioration Doubling and Machine Doubling too.
Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on
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"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin
7070 type set coin count: 51/76
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