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<p>[QUOTE="Chip Kirkpatrick, post: 5145397, member: 101265"]Dear Pass the Puck</p><p>I feel your pain and fully understand your question / statement. I too have wondered why a coin can leave the mint in less than perfect condition and it not be considered an error. Mechanical doubling is a prime example. Normal coins don’t look like that yet it is considered to be “normal”. You have to wonder who makes the rules and what is the basis. </p><p><br /></p><p>I once was told I needed to provide an explanation for why a coin I possessed could end up looking like it did. ME??? I’ve read articles and watched videos about the minting process but I’m not mechanically inclined to answer that. But still I’m holding a coin in my hand that is unlike any I’ve ever seen. A platypus should not exist yet it does. </p><p>Well after a couple of years of being confused, ridiculed, seeing 2 coins that appear to be identical yet one is an error and another is not, etc, etc, one kind soul shared the answer with me. And so I shall share it with you. With this you can sleep more easily at night and face the world with a smile. The answer is “Because!”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Chip Kirkpatrick, post: 5145397, member: 101265"]Dear Pass the Puck I feel your pain and fully understand your question / statement. I too have wondered why a coin can leave the mint in less than perfect condition and it not be considered an error. Mechanical doubling is a prime example. Normal coins don’t look like that yet it is considered to be “normal”. You have to wonder who makes the rules and what is the basis. I once was told I needed to provide an explanation for why a coin I possessed could end up looking like it did. ME??? I’ve read articles and watched videos about the minting process but I’m not mechanically inclined to answer that. But still I’m holding a coin in my hand that is unlike any I’ve ever seen. A platypus should not exist yet it does. Well after a couple of years of being confused, ridiculed, seeing 2 coins that appear to be identical yet one is an error and another is not, etc, etc, one kind soul shared the answer with me. And so I shall share it with you. With this you can sleep more easily at night and face the world with a smile. The answer is “Because!”[/QUOTE]
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