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<p>[QUOTE="borgovan, post: 872202, member: 13016"]I can't tell from the pictures, but it sounds like you may have a "spooned" coin. These are typically thicker, but smaller in diameter. If you have a pair of calipers, or any other accurate measuring device, check the diameter of your coin. </p><p> </p><p>Basically what happens is that somebody who is bored, with a lot of time on their hands, beats the rim of a coin with another object (a spoon, for example), thereby making the coin smaller in diameter and thicker. In the case of your coin, some of the edge reeding may have been beaten to the surface of the coin, creating the marks you see on the upset portion of the rim.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="borgovan, post: 872202, member: 13016"]I can't tell from the pictures, but it sounds like you may have a "spooned" coin. These are typically thicker, but smaller in diameter. If you have a pair of calipers, or any other accurate measuring device, check the diameter of your coin. Basically what happens is that somebody who is bored, with a lot of time on their hands, beats the rim of a coin with another object (a spoon, for example), thereby making the coin smaller in diameter and thicker. In the case of your coin, some of the edge reeding may have been beaten to the surface of the coin, creating the marks you see on the upset portion of the rim.[/QUOTE]
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