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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 3032406, member: 66&quot;]I don&#039;t see the total catastrophic damage to the right of the bust that you&#039;re talking about. I think the damage behind the ear on the first piece is just that damage. In the open top on the are on the reverse is most likely a function of strike because the 126 and 127 also show a very thin top to that R that could show as an open top if the strike is slightly weak.</p><p><br /></p><p>To answer the question of how the die can deform to create a raised area on the coin, if the die is increase sufficiently hardened the pressure from striking can cause the surface of the die to collapse as the metal is compressed, creating a depression in the die and a raised swelling on the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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