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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 1355284, member: 11521&quot;]Anything is possible but the only way that I can think of for your &quot;Broken 8&quot; to have occured at the Mint would be if the numeral &#039;8&#039; on the date punch broke and was used to punch the date into one or more Working Dies. If the digit on the date punch had in fact broken (without being noticed) numerous other coins would have been struck by the Working Die with the &quot;Broken 8&quot; (even if only one Working Die had the date punched into it using the broken date punch). </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know how your coin was damaged (I wasn&#039;t there <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) but something removed a portion of the raised metal in the digit. Perhaps it was accidental. Or perhaps someone with some time on their hands carefully removed the metal. Who knows? But I am sure the metal was removed after the coin was struck. Notice the discontinuity in the toning and greenish material on the field of the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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