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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 2992151, member: 20480&quot;]Split planchets after strike are rarely so smooth in the interior of the planchet, as the design elements from both sides produce uneven pressure gradients across the coin and an unevenness of the splitting surface when the two halves are parted.</p><p><br /></p><p>Paddy&#039;s LMC exhibits that, as does the Barber Dime below:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]738485[/ATTACH]&nbsp;&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]738486[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]738487[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The extreme flatness of the &quot;interior&quot; of the subject Lincoln cent, coupled with the complete lack of mint luster on the obverse leads me to believe it is a post-mint alteration.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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