Beating a dead horse or am I on to something?

I just offered my opinion. Finning was the best I could come up with

 

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Hi and thanks for your reply.

That was the kind of theory I started with on the other thread. @Fred Weinberg assured me that this damage occured after minting.... i really had a hard time buying that. Then I found a second example of the same thing.... I became more confident that it was in the minting.... this despite @cpm9ball and @Fred Weinberg posts. I thought @paddyman98 nailed it.... but maybe there is more to this story....

Is there somewhere I could read more about the techniques used to mint coins in this time......?

A Damaged Blanking Punch.... sounds good... but having only an understanding of modern minting... does not mean much to me...

 

and after all that.... @Conder101 is thinking it might not be finning.... but either way... I think we can establish it was an error in the minting of the coin.