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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2490759, member: 1892&quot;]I don&#039;t get the summons from a poster I have on Ignore. </p><p><br /></p><p>The bottom image hints strongly at a clamshell separation, but I&#039;m struck as much by the obvious horizontal separation of the rim in that area as well, on both faces. Almost like a railroad rim. That in turn makes me wonder what caused UNITED STATES to partially disappear - grease has always been a questionable explanation (to me) of only partial letter disappearance, especially when what&#039;s missing came out of the center of the letter and both top and bottom are still present. </p><p><br /></p><p>If it&#039;s a clamshell, I wonder if some of the planchet (both layers of clad?) shifting on the x-axis during the moment of strike might explain the letters partially disappearing. Of course, that would infer that the area away from the rim offset would strike up more strongly, not less, but metal does weird things under 100+ tons of pressure in the short time (tenth of a second, maybe?) it&#039;s being hit by both dies. Maybe a localized area of high pressure associated with the die-collar proximity caused the tops of the letters to form when they might not have? I dunno. I&#039;m left wondering what the thickness of the coin at the rim on opposite sides at 12:00 and 6:00 (reference the obverse) might reveal - were the dies even aligned correctly?</p><p><br /></p><p>Curious coin. Wish I had it myself. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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