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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 3989681, member: 69760&quot;]The coin in the #2 envelope is the very first commemorative coin ever struck in US history. It was rejected by mint workers due to a planchet flaw.</p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s very odd to me are the possible inconsistencies or rather lack of information given. The reporters (who are also the eyewitnesses of the actual striking; see post #2&#039;s testimony from one of the multiple reporters there that day) say that one of the mint workers destroyed the coin... yet the coin that Ellsworth refers to is not explicitly described to be damaged/destroyed - is this supposed to be implied?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1050495[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So...</p><ul> <li>The coin in the #2 envelope is undamaged by the Mint worker, and thus it is <i>not</i> the first struck coin, or</li> <li>The coin in the #2 envelope is damaged but it wasn&#039;t specified in the article, even though the author thought it would be clearly identifiable as coin #2 by its reverse planchet flaw but not the obvious damage for some reason, or</li> <li>The reporters witnessing the destruction of coin #2 were collectively mistaken, or</li> <li>Some other explanation is necessary</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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