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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 3032837, member: 21705&quot;]It&#039;s a matter of how much of the die sinks. If it&#039;s a small portion of the die, it appears as a raised area on the coin. But if it&#039;s massive, say 80%, then the appearance is that of sinking on the remaining 20%. In this case, it could be both with sinking at the bust showing a bulge with additional sinking on 90% while the remaining portion appears to be depressed.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not saying that is what happened, but it could and might have. It&#039;s speculative at this point.</p><p><br /></p><p>The sinking at the bust is diagnostic of the stage II and even more pronounced on stage III. I&#039;m just speculating that most of the remaining die sank even further with the exception of the area between about 5 and 6 o&#039;clock to the right of the bust that appears as an anti-bulge. I&#039;ve now seen that area with the same depression on three coins making PMD unlikely.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s possible it has something to do with proximity to the known bulge creating an illusion of depression and that would make some sense with it becoming more pronounced as the bulge gets heavier.</p><p><br /></p><p>This might also account for the weakness at OF A which is directly behind the bust swelling. Material in the bulge prevents the flow of copper into the OF A?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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