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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fred Weinberg, post: 3124513, member: 86437&quot;]On the edge photos, notice how the copper core</p><p>is NOT dead-center - on a clip like this, the copper</p><p>core/band is always closer to the obv. or reverse</p><p>side of the coin, due to the Gang Punch punching</p><p>thru the clad strip - that motion of the punching</p><p>tool compresses (if that&#039;s the right word) the outer</p><p>clad layer down, (in the inside of the clip).</p><p><br /></p><p>You can see the exact same phenomena on ALL </p><p>Missing Edge Lettering Dollars - on the smooth</p><p>edge, the copper band is always closer to one</p><p>side of the coin than the other, due to the punching</p><p>process.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you ever see a MEL dollar, for example, with the</p><p>center copper core exactly in the middle of the edge/side</p><p>of the coin, it&#039; been buffed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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