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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 48290, member: 112&quot;]It&#039;s really not weird Speedy - it&#039;s more the norm. Because of the way errors are produced in limited numbers they tend to all get shipped in the same batch rather often. So wherever that batch of coins ends up is where they&#039;ll be found. It has happened many times in the past just that way - an error will be found but only in one localized area.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for this dropped T error - it would be almost impossible to fake or cause it to happen because of the nature of the error. What happens is that dirt, grease &amp; metal filings accumulate in a letter or digit of the die which causes what we know as filled die errors. But if enough of the stuff that fills the die is say metal filings, it gets packed into the letter recess of the die and gets harder and harder with every coin it strikes. But sometimes this hardened material will drop out of the recess it was stuck in and land on a planchet. With the next strike this hardened material can be pressed right into the surface of a coin or even create a new recess in the die. Once the new recess is there in the die - the next strike produces that same design on the next coin - only this time it is raised metal on the coin itself. A new letter or digit appears on the coin where one never was before. </p><p><br /></p><p>It really looks cool. Once the story and pics become available to the public I&#039;ll post a link. May be a week or so though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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