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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 433294, member: 66&quot;]This type thing turns up often enough I&#039;m surprised no one had the answer.&nbsp; This is a &quot;texas&quot; sized coin.&nbsp; Davidh has the closest reason for the size.&nbsp; What has happened is the coin is placed between two pieces of hard leather and then pounded with a hammer.&nbsp; The leather, like the water in the hydroshock, distributes the impact evenly over the whole surface of the coin, front and back, causing it to expand evenly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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