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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sketcherpbr, post: 498958, member: 15350&quot;]Man, I should have known this Triplet 10x would cause trouble.</p><p><br /></p><p>But methinks this is the good kind of trouble, because it gets you thinking about things.&nbsp; Things that are <i>troubling</i> to a relatively inexperienced/unlearned collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>To get to the point, I was looking at some nice cents today, &#039;68-&#039;74, all S.&nbsp; I noticed that from &#039;71 to &#039;74, the S was rather plump.&nbsp; I believe the correct term is filled.&nbsp; My &#039;68-&#039;70S are clear.&nbsp; I don&#039;t understand what they must have done differently to get that effect, or WHY.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did see in a thread that was recently posted that it might have something to do with how firmly they punch the planchet, but that doesn&#039;t make much sense to me either...I thought it was the same strength punch each time.</p><p><br /></p><p>So the question is, HOW and <i>WHY</i> would the mint do this?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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