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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 24796382, member: 15199&quot;]When a mint, whether in the US or foreign country is doing large scale production, there are great multitudes of mistakes, defective equipment, damaged dies, defective metallurgy , even some High-Jink activity for the benefits of the workers, etc.&nbsp; The mistake most new people make is to think it is produced by bad handling and techniques at the mint, whereas it may be from distortion of the dies due to overuse that deforms the faces of the coin. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; SO the key is to study intently postings on the site that presents how oddities on the coins are possible &quot;True errors , defects, etc. &quot; or how they couldn&#039;t.&nbsp; As a college teacher for 55 years, I always told the students &quot; don&#039;t expect an obvious, always consider alternatives.&nbsp;&nbsp; Glad you are staying.&nbsp;&nbsp; Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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