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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 7962731, member: 110226"]Yes, I see the similarities, possibly a die match. Your coin seems to be better struck on the obverse, so the mouth is better defined compared to my coin. The eye treatment is certainly distinctive for this issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I've spent time examining that depressed area on the reverse of my coin. As I mentioned earlier, the flan is bent at the point on the edge where this depression begins, creating a raised point on the obverse and a very small metal stress crack as well. I am wondering if this defect was present during the striking, rather than introduced as a test cut afterwards. Another possibility is that some object was between the reverse die and the flan at the time of striking, creating the depression and providing enough pressure to bend the metal at the edge at the same time. My experience with test cuts is that they generally are very angular and come to a single point at the bottom of the cut. Also, test cuts obliterate all raised areas in the path of the cut, unlike this coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just a couple of possibilities....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 7962731, member: 110226"]Yes, I see the similarities, possibly a die match. Your coin seems to be better struck on the obverse, so the mouth is better defined compared to my coin. The eye treatment is certainly distinctive for this issue. Also, I've spent time examining that depressed area on the reverse of my coin. As I mentioned earlier, the flan is bent at the point on the edge where this depression begins, creating a raised point on the obverse and a very small metal stress crack as well. I am wondering if this defect was present during the striking, rather than introduced as a test cut afterwards. Another possibility is that some object was between the reverse die and the flan at the time of striking, creating the depression and providing enough pressure to bend the metal at the edge at the same time. My experience with test cuts is that they generally are very angular and come to a single point at the bottom of the cut. Also, test cuts obliterate all raised areas in the path of the cut, unlike this coin. Just a couple of possibilities....[/QUOTE]
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