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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1153948, member: 15929&quot;]It seems to me that the article fortifies the &quot;<span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">some experts thinks this is where the coins bang together&quot; theory except that the &quot;banging&quot; is occuring in the edge lettering machine.</font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">As for trying to do this &quot;banging&quot; on your own, it&#039;s very difficult since the primary ingredient is missing. That ingredient is heat since the coins are annealed prior to minting to &quot;soften&quot; the receiving blanks for the coin image. The minting process itself generates heat so these coins are quite hot while being minted and while receiving the edge lettering. </font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">I think I banged my thumb with a hammer trying to smack two of these coins together to get an extra letter to show up.</font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">At any rate, these extra letters, which are in relief instead of incuse (as the actual lettering is) on the edges are the end result of two coins coming together somewhere in the minting process. Whether its the Schuler Edge Lettering machine or the bagging operation is unimportant IMO as neither situation actually creates a variety. </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Tahoma">A COOL coin yes, but a variety no. Many have been bought and sold for this unusual characteristic due to not knowing what it is but I doubt that any real premium should be associated with it. </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Tahoma">Remember folks, edge lettering is not new by any means and was used on early american coinage such as Flowing Hari, Draped Bust and Capped Bust Half Dollars. The edge lettering errors we see today on the golden dollars existed on those coins as well.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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