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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1609264, member: 15929&quot;]Think about what you are implying for an instant. How could a die, which is harder than the planchet it is striking, strike different areas of the coin with unequal pressure?</p><p><br /></p><p>What has occurred is that debris from the minting process, which amounts to bits of metal, machine oil, and common dust, begin accumulating in the crevice of the die. Grease attracts grease (Anybody thats ever worked on an old engine will attest to this).</p><p><br /></p><p>enough grease can actually fill certain areas of the die leaving other areas totally unaffected. When this happens, metal cannot flow into those recesses on the die and the end result is a coin which is missing one or more parts of its design.</p><p><br /></p><p>The pressures which cause this can also jar that debris loose causing whats know as a &quot;dropped letter&quot; which gets imprinted as a crevice or depression on the surface of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin, regardless of what you&#039;re attempting to read into it, is the result of a &quot;grease filled&quot; die. There is little if any premium associated with this at all as it was and still is a common occurance during the minting process.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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