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<p>[QUOTE="JBK, post: 47930, member: 1101"]I doubt it is real. Mybe a piece of solder or welding material on it. </p><p><br /></p><p>You should envision the minting process - the dies must come into contact with the coin to impart the design. If the design is on the entire side but there is a raised blob, how would the die have reached the surface to get the design on the coin (it is not flexible and will not bend around an obstruction)? This logic tells me that the blob was added after it left the mint.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JBK, post: 47930, member: 1101"]I doubt it is real. Mybe a piece of solder or welding material on it. You should envision the minting process - the dies must come into contact with the coin to impart the design. If the design is on the entire side but there is a raised blob, how would the die have reached the surface to get the design on the coin (it is not flexible and will not bend around an obstruction)? This logic tells me that the blob was added after it left the mint.[/QUOTE]
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