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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;foundinrolls, post: 651312, member: 4350&quot;]The nickel is a misaligned die strike with finning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Knowing that you are trying to get an image of this with a scanner makes a big difference.&nbsp; It is tough to get an image of the finning with a scanner since the coin has to lay basically flat.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still, though if by your own written description, the finning on your coin is less than that on the nickel,&nbsp; it would be minor.&nbsp; What is seen on the nickel is about as minimal as you can be and still call it a fin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since the edge of the nickel is fully formed and solid,&nbsp; the collar worked so the coin is not a broadstrike.&nbsp; The misaligned die is what allows the metal to be forced up creating the fin. The metal is forced upwards between the collar and the die when the coin is struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rockdude also shows an example of what is called a fin.&nbsp; A fin is a specific term used for the excess metal such as that seen on Rockdudes coin.&nbsp; By the nature of it, if it does not extend above the rim of the coin,&nbsp; it is tough to label something as &quot;finned&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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