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<p>[QUOTE="Shake, post: 220509, member: 8699"]I see what you are saying, however:</p><p><br /></p><p>If the grinding was enough to remove the raised lettering on the coin, it would have had to first remove the clad layer covering it, wouldn't it? That just makes sense to me. What I am saying is that if it were post mint, where the letters are partially or even mostly ground away, the clad would have to be ground away as well, right? And in this case it isn't. No matter how far down the letters or coin is ground to, there is still a full layer of clad over it. That seems suspicious to me as far as it being post strike, but this is an ongoing education, and I have been wrong before.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not trying to argue, just understand. Thanks for your insights. I never thought about a coin roller doing the other damage to the coin. Very plausible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shake, post: 220509, member: 8699"]I see what you are saying, however: If the grinding was enough to remove the raised lettering on the coin, it would have had to first remove the clad layer covering it, wouldn't it? That just makes sense to me. What I am saying is that if it were post mint, where the letters are partially or even mostly ground away, the clad would have to be ground away as well, right? And in this case it isn't. No matter how far down the letters or coin is ground to, there is still a full layer of clad over it. That seems suspicious to me as far as it being post strike, but this is an ongoing education, and I have been wrong before. Not trying to argue, just understand. Thanks for your insights. I never thought about a coin roller doing the other damage to the coin. Very plausible.[/QUOTE]
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