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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cdb1950, post: 40305, member: 1735&quot;]The galvano would be the most perfect image available.&nbsp; Any subsequent reductions would start with the galvano.&nbsp; The error would have been carried to the master hub, the working hubs, master dies, and every working die created.</p><p><br /></p><p>The master die would be the same relief as the coin, so it isn&#039;t likely to originate there, unless the master die was struck through something when it was created, but that&#039;s incredibly unlikely.&nbsp; Quality control at the mint would make that virtually impossible.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is not too uncommon for debris to attach itself to the field of a die and not affect the devices.&nbsp; Can you see any progression or differences in the anomaly from coin to coin?&nbsp; Can you post a close-up?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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