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Message:: [QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 3802651, member: 24633"]If a dropped element came from the opposite side, it would mean that the planchet had to flip over while still in the coining chamber and be struck a second time or it had to adhere to the face of the hammer die and fall off onto the face of the anvil die before another planchet entered the coining chamber. Possible? Yes! Likely? No! Of course, built-up debris can fall out of the recesses. I didn't suggest that it couldn't be possible whether it is retained or not, but machine parts are not considered a dropped element. Here are a few images of specimens with dropped elements that I found in a $50 Mint bag of 1980 Lincoln Cents. Retained debris dropped from the face of the reverse die.[ATTACH=full]1015049[/ATTACH] Built-up debris dropped from the face of the reverse die.[ATTACH=full]1015050[/ATTACH] Built-up debris (partially retained) dropped from the face of the obverse die.[ATTACH=full]1015051[/ATTACH] Built-up debris dropped from the face of the reverse die.[ATTACH=full]1015052[/ATTACH] Built-up debris dropped from the face of the reverse die.[ATTACH=full]1015054[/ATTACH] Built-up debris dropped from the face of the obverse die.[ATTACH=full]1015061[/ATTACH] Built-up debris dropped from the face of the reverse die.[ATTACH=full]1015063[/ATTACH] Chris[/QUOTE]