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hhbkiddo Pillar of the Community Canada 1248 Posts	Posted 04/13/2010 6:37 pm Can anyone reconstruct how this came about? Report this Post to the Staff

Adam_E Pillar of the Community United States 4846 Posts	Posted 04/13/2010 7:53 pm it was struck off-center. wasn't it? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16831 Posts	Posted 04/13/2010 9:15 pm Yep, looks like a typical off-centre strike to me. Not that an off-centre this extreme normally gets called "typical". Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
hhbkiddo Pillar of the Community Canada 1248 Posts	Posted 04/14/2010 11:30 am SO, why is the coin bent up at about 40 degrees ? AND.... how can it be struck OFF centre that much? Report this Post to the Staff
southerngent Valued Member United States 469 Posts	Posted 04/14/2010 11:41 am The bend probably happened later but the off center is due to the blank not being seated properly and left hanging out to the degree that you see. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 04/14/2010 12:48 pm Quote: how can it be struck OFF centre that much? A coin struck outside of the collar can be off center anywhere from 1-99%, I own a few off center strikes in the 80-95% range. As for the bend, if the struck portion of the coin is perfectly flat then the bend would almost certainly have had to occur during striking as that would be the only practical and nondamaging way to maintain flatness. Report this Post to the Staff
hhbkiddo Pillar of the Community Canada 1248 Posts	Posted 04/14/2010 4:46 pm thank you guys the struck portion is perfectly flat. the rest is pushed in to about a 30 degree angle. amazing... the rest of the coin is easy an MS60 or better. Report this Post to the Staff
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