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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValpoBeginner, post: 2796057, member: 77066&quot;]Thanks for your opinions.&nbsp; Just a little more info here to consider the split on the rim does in fact appear to go around the entire circumference of the coin (consistent with the bezel theory).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Another thing that I noticed with this coin, for the opposition theorists,&nbsp; is that the color of the rim is uniformly brown the same tone as that of the top of the rims on both the obverse and reverse. Btw... also should mention that there doesn&#039;t have ever appeared to be a raised rim on the bottom side of the reverse.&nbsp; In the case for coloration, I would think that having been contained in a bezel there would be some uneven toning there.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I&#039;m still unsure if it was a mint error or if&nbsp; someone pressed this into a charm or bezel using something less hard than copper, to press it down. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do have a 64 kennedy half dollar that, I removed from a Christmas ornament, but it has its rim split into two halves.&nbsp; This 53D cent only has its lower half of the rim reduced.&nbsp; When I get home I&#039;ll see which side of the coin fits into a Witman folder slot and then I&#039;ll report back here.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once again thanks for all the input and please keep the possibilities flowing.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I would like to know about how coins get into bezels.&nbsp; More so,&nbsp; I would like to know if the anvil part of the die could have been stuck with something seizing it.&nbsp; Is the size of the of the striking chamber uniform all the way to the anvil?&nbsp; When ejecting the coin can the finger get something under the anvil? So many questions....ok one more..... why would anyone put a 53D in a bezel, perhaps he was was carrying it while helping to win the 1950-something America&#039;s Cup yacht race, or his birth year.... idk....I&#039;m hoping it wasn&#039;t PMD.</p><p>-Valpo[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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