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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;foundinrolls, post: 463338, member: 4350&quot;]gixxxer,&nbsp; that suggestion is not too far off the wall and it would be possible if we didn&#039;t see the little creases in the metal of the D that indicate that the metal was indeed moved after the coin was minted.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other thing that enters into the equation is experience.&nbsp; I&#039;ve probably, seen in my years of doing what I do at least 100,000 1979 D cents.&nbsp; In a sense,&nbsp; you become intimately acquainted with what particular details are supposed to look like.&nbsp; Also being well versed in errors and die varieties,&nbsp; there are particular diagnostics that we look for to determine what happened to a coin.&nbsp; There are particular characteristics associated with repunched mintmarks that do not appear on this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>After doing this for 40 + years you become able to look at a coin and in a split second determine what happened.</p><p><br /></p><p>But,&nbsp; your thought is not that far out,&nbsp; it just doesn&#039;t apply to this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Bill[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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