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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2524458, member: 66&quot;]A die scratch would not run from the field out into the rim area because the field of the die is a high area and the portion that creates the rim is a low area.&nbsp; So if something scratched the surface of the die it would end at the edge of the field.&nbsp; More likely they are fine scratches that occurred after the damage that didn&#039;t break through the copper plating.</p><p><br /></p><p>Secondly they don&#039;t selectively plate these planchets so the entire planchet must have been plated at the time of the striking.&nbsp; Something had to remove that plating from the rim area.&nbsp; And whatever did removed the rim as well.&nbsp; This doesn&#039;t have to be tools it can grinding or sanding.</p><p><br /></p><p>The amount of metal removed is small enough that it is not surprising the weight is still correct.&nbsp; On a copper cent you can grind away the entire reverse and still be within the mint tolerance range.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thickness variations as you go around the coin are normal even for normal properly struck coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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