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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;foundinrolls, post: 664863, member: 4350&quot;]Hi,</p><p><br /></p><p>No, it&#039;s not possible on this coin and I&#039;m sorry to say that your dealer was only guessing. It troubles me that guesses are made without really knowing what a coin is or isn&#039;t.&nbsp;&nbsp; It means that collectors are not getting the kind of numismatic education they should be getting from those who are supposed to know what&#039;s what.&nbsp; This is not anything against any particular dealers but we see a lot of guesswork on the part of dealers particularly in the area of errors and die varieties. </p><p><br /></p><p>While it does happen that two planchets can get stuck together during a strike,&nbsp; a few things happen.&nbsp; One is that the planchets leave impressions in each other that we call indents.&nbsp; An indented strike when it is full on has a specific look to it that is not seen on this coin.&nbsp; The surface of the fields of coins that are indented strikes (in this case, if your coin was an indented strike,&nbsp; the reverse)&nbsp; are really smooth looking as the pressure of the strike through two planchets is magnified because of the double thickness of metal between the dies.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another thing that is sometimes but not always visible is evidence of the details from the die that resulted in the blank side actually having struck the coin.&nbsp; You might see weak details of the reverse on your coin since the pressure would have transferred the details through the extra planchet and on to the reverse of your coin, in this example.</p><p><br /></p><p>So a combination of factors can be used to determine what your coin is.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It does not have the characteristics of an indented strike.&nbsp; AND.&nbsp; It does have evidence of machining (the scrape marks and flat rim).&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Bill[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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