Only when you've eliminated that and can provide an explanation of how what you are seeing occurred during the minting process, can you jump to an error.
A side hit explains the metal movement.
Otherwise, you are stringing together a tiny Cud, and something in the coining chamber that pushed metal away from the collar.
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