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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBK, post: 14559, member: 1101&quot;]I&#039;m still not convinced on this one.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The details are fully struck, so the coin was flat when it was minted.&nbsp; It got bulged later.&nbsp; Could be air in the layers, I guess, but I am wondering what caused it to bulge out after being struck (heat?).&nbsp; I don&#039;t think the layers are so elastic that it was bulged as a blank planchet, then squished flat by the dies, then popped back out immediately after minting. </p><p><br /></p><p>My vote is for an altered coin.&nbsp; (Heated, etc., to create the bubble).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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