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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 2016648, member: 15445&quot;]I posted this 1948 Brazil 20 centavos a couple years ago.&nbsp; The obverse design is either Mr. Rui Barbosa or Groucho Marx. That is an ongoing debate.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Apparently, the obverse die was at one time misaligned to the right far enough that it was hitting/scraping against the collar. This apparently caused the edge of the obverse die to be worn down to the middle of the peripheral lettering. The die was apparently then reseated correctly resulting in the thick rim that extends to the middle of the obverse lettering.&nbsp; Mike Diamond remarked a couple years back that this is a &quot;die attrition error&quot;.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]364112[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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