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<p>[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2575014, member: 1892"]PMD is what they <b>decided</b> it was, but perhaps not proof positive that it happened after the coin left the Mint. Any time you can get an uncentered broadstruck coin with a formed rim on the wide side, there was <i>significant</i> weirdness happening at the moment of strike, and who knows what else was in the mix at the moment or immediately afterwards? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Consider: Broadstrikes happen because the collar isn't present to retain the coin's edge at the moment of strike. The rim on this coin is formed (paddy, is there reeding on that side?), so the collar had to be there. It's not off-center; for the "wide" side to be that broad on an off-center, we'd lose the date off the other edge. Makes your head spin. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2575014, member: 1892"]PMD is what they [B]decided[/B] it was, but perhaps not proof positive that it happened after the coin left the Mint. Any time you can get an uncentered broadstruck coin with a formed rim on the wide side, there was [I]significant[/I] weirdness happening at the moment of strike, and who knows what else was in the mix at the moment or immediately afterwards? :) Consider: Broadstrikes happen because the collar isn't present to retain the coin's edge at the moment of strike. The rim on this coin is formed (paddy, is there reeding on that side?), so the collar had to be there. It's not off-center; for the "wide" side to be that broad on an off-center, we'd lose the date off the other edge. Makes your head spin. :)[/QUOTE]
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