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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2796122, member: 66&quot;]The coin is placed into an aluminum blank that has a hole in the center just very slightly larger than the cent.&nbsp; This is put into a press that has dies with a hole in the center just slightly smaller than the coin.&nbsp; When the piece is struck the edge of the hole tends to overlap the coin/blank junctionand as it strikes the piece the coin is forced outwardand the aluminum forced inward forcing the two pieces together locking the coin in place.&nbsp; Since the dies have holes in the center nothing presses&nbsp; on the faces of the coin itself so the coin shows no damage except at the rim.&nbsp; In some case the design on the dies goes all the way to the edge of the hole in the die and the design shows on the rim of the coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes you will see coins that have been removed from such an encasement that have these design traces on the rim being listed as &quot;mint errors&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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