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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;foundinrolls, post: 672275, member: 4350&quot;]Twiggs,&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You can take any letter on a coin and if it is damaged with metal moved,&nbsp; any letter can look alike any other letter.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Do a search on Hobo Nickels.&nbsp; They are pieces of artwork done where they start out as ordinary buffalo nickels.&nbsp; You would be amazed at how they are altered.</p><p><br /></p><p>They are planned out so the alterations are well executed.&nbsp; The point though is that the metal can be moved whether on purpose or by damage.&nbsp; When the metal is moved,&nbsp; our eyes are trained to see what we want to see.&nbsp; If the damage makes an N look like an S,&nbsp; than that is what we see.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fact is that the minting process has no part where such a thing could happen.</p><p><br /></p><p>Understanding the minting process is vital and many people who are new to the hobby, bypass that part of numismatics entirely.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>What is on that coin is unplanned damage.&nbsp; Also, there is 0% ways for it to have happened at the Mint.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Bill[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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