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<p>[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 5412387, member: 84179"]Something like a coin roll crimping machine cuts into the raised top part of the 0 and pushes it over towards the center. Copper is soft/malleable and there have been pics of slanted digits and letters from roll crimping damage posted here in the past. As it circulates the sharper edges and scraped surface wear until those features are no longer visible and it looks like it was “as struck”. You can see some of the displaced metal at the top of the 0 as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can see a similar effect on some coins that suffered a thin cut/slice and continued to circulate. The displaced metal will wear down slightly and can cover the thin slit, leaving only a raised feature that can be mistaken for die damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry, I don’t have any pics to help with the explanation, but members may recall coins like this from past posts that are now in the archives[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 5412387, member: 84179"]Something like a coin roll crimping machine cuts into the raised top part of the 0 and pushes it over towards the center. Copper is soft/malleable and there have been pics of slanted digits and letters from roll crimping damage posted here in the past. As it circulates the sharper edges and scraped surface wear until those features are no longer visible and it looks like it was “as struck”. You can see some of the displaced metal at the top of the 0 as well. You can see a similar effect on some coins that suffered a thin cut/slice and continued to circulate. The displaced metal will wear down slightly and can cover the thin slit, leaving only a raised feature that can be mistaken for die damage. Sorry, I don’t have any pics to help with the explanation, but members may recall coins like this from past posts that are now in the archives[/QUOTE]
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