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<p>[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2753837, member: 1892"]Well, it's a physical impossibility to strike the obverse of a coin without the reverse - you need two dies to make a coin - so yes, one can reasonably assume that a Cent with only one face has had the other machined off.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, there are a couple of happenstances which could result in something which kind of resembles that - a bunch of grease covering one die, a broadstrike maybe. Pics are worth posting. You never know. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2753837, member: 1892"]Well, it's a physical impossibility to strike the obverse of a coin without the reverse - you need two dies to make a coin - so yes, one can reasonably assume that a Cent with only one face has had the other machined off. That said, there are a couple of happenstances which could result in something which kind of resembles that - a bunch of grease covering one die, a broadstrike maybe. Pics are worth posting. You never know. :)[/QUOTE]
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