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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikediamond, post: 153875, member: 1859&quot;]This is a commonly encountered alteration.&nbsp; Although the wire brush scenario has been floated for years, there are never any scratches or abrasions.&nbsp; So I don&#039;t know exactly how it&#039;s done.&nbsp; But it&#039;s definitely not the product of a coinage press.&nbsp; These are sometimes called &quot;rippled&quot; coins.&nbsp; Alan Herbert covers rippled coins in his mint error book.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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