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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1999652, member: 19463&quot;]My guess is that the pouring of the right amount of metal into the open face indentions in flan mold was hard to control.&nbsp; If you poured too much as here, the coin would have the ragged outside all around.&nbsp; Too little and the flan would have a missing side as with steve&#039;s rhino.&nbsp; The thin edges would be easily chipped either before or after striking.&nbsp; Mine is unusual in being perfectly centered.&nbsp; I wonder what it was in 113-114 (LIZ) that made them want so many kinds of these small coins.&nbsp; There are some from many other years but year 17 has the most.&nbsp; Steve&#039;s portrait and rhino are as nice as I have seen.&nbsp; I&#039;m glad it has the ragged flan or even he might not have been able to afford it.&nbsp; That coin on a round flan suitable for interest by the slabbers would make the coin very expensive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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