1837 What in the minting process would create this look to the rim?

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  1. ldhair

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  3. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    It looks like it was struck twice, the first off center.
     
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  4. old49er

    old49er Well-Known Member

    Die adjustment strike?
     
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  5. ToughCOINS

    ToughCOINS Dealer Member Moderator

    The only evidence of cold-worked hardening shows up at the raised rim. I don't think the central details were ever struck into the planchet on a prior strike of what we recognize as a double struck coin.

    I think someone backed the hammer die off a "kissed" un-centered planchet before centering it and striking it completely after that.
     
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  6. brandon spiegel

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    It looks like the die may have been tilted at an angle, please note the weakness on the leafs on the left side of the coin on the reverse compared to the ones on the right side. Its a great looking coin!
     
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  8. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    I don't think there's any doubt it was struck twice, but that would not fully account for what we see on the coin. My guess is the collar was loose and contributed to what we see. Either that or the dies were badly misaligned. But in either case it was still struck twice.
     
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