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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;otlichnik, post: 5316520, member: 109731&quot;]Bearing in mind the caveats about validating from photos:&nbsp; I also don&#039;t see obvious problems.&nbsp; I do see signs of de-lamination - the coins, or possibly the flan before it was struck - lost some thin chunks.&nbsp; This is likely because of flaws in casting the flan - poor mixing of the alloy, uneven or too-rapid cooling, etc.&nbsp; These things introduce structural flaws in the metal matrix and then poof - bits fall off, a crack appears.</p><p><br /></p><p>SC[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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