Adjustment Strike Nickel?

I am leaning towards being Struck Through Grease, there are areas of oddly strong detail which should not be present on a weak/adjustment strike(Jefferson's hair and ear, MONTICELLO, and the left side of the portico). One discriminating diagnostic is the rim, it will be normal on a coin struck though grease but weak/adjustment strikes have a weak to nonexistent rim.

On a trial strike the rims are very weak:

But on a Struck Through Grease the rim gutters are there:



That is why I thought Mike could reveal more about this coin.

very nice coins nice display

It's a low-pressure strike (weak strike). The terms "die adjustment strike", "die trial", "set-up piece" and "trial strike" are an example of wishful thinking. Unless you were there to witness the striking, there is no way to tell whether an individual low-pressure strike is an escapee from a test run or is simply the product of spontaneous equipment malfunction. All the evidence I've gathered over the years strongly indicates that the vast majority of low-pressure strikes are accidents that occurred during a press run. This includes studies of multi-error low-pressure strikes, the distribution of low-pressure strikes among denominations of various thicknesses, and the overall abundance of such errors.

Why post and bring up this 8+ year old thread?