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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rickmp, post: 1320273, member: 28047&quot;]This coin could not have come out of the press in this condition.</p><p>Where the damage to this coin occurred is irrelevant and impossible to prove.</p><p>How the damage occurred is debatable.</p><p>In my opinion, this coin was bent over using hand tools of some sort. Possibly a bench vice and a pair of pliers. There was also an attempt made to bend it back to straight. There are stress marks on this coin indicating this.</p><p>I also agree that the mint never rolled business strike coins, but shipped them in bags to be rolled outside of the mint. </p><p>No one has yet asked what was printed on the paper roll that might indicate it was mint issued?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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