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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBK, post: 24844, member: 1101&quot;]Here’s my 2 cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is pretty obvious that some metal got lodged in the 2 after minting.&nbsp; The metal is not part of the coin since it is clearly set on top of the struck coin with the edges of the piece clearly visible and a small crack in between the 2 and the blob in some places, thereby eliminating the possibility of a die chip..&nbsp; It was not a “struck-through” because if it were foreign material on the pre-struck planchet, then it would be pressed down and the 2 would still be normally formed, just with a foreign piece pressed into the surface.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The only remote possibility is that it is a die chip WITH foreign material in exactly the chipped area, so that it was pressed against the coin but still stayed as a “blob” after striking, filling the chipped area on the die.&nbsp; This is pretty far-fetched, though.</p><p><br /></p><p>I saw the pic of the VAM mentioned, and it looks similar, but it seems that the “seam” around the chip is actually the edge of the chip that happens to follow the lines of the 2 (stress at the 2 must have chipped the die accordingly) but rises above it slightly. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is just my take on this issue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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