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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 427546, member: 15445&quot;]<b>post mint damage</b></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">A probability exists that it is post mint damage but we&#039;ll never know where the damage actually occurred.&nbsp; The damage may not have been intentional.&nbsp; If one coin&#039;s rim were jammed below IGWT and then forced upward, it would probably push all the letters IGWT upwards like you see them.&nbsp; The IGWT on the one coin would be chased and the rim of the second coin would probably also be damaged.&nbsp; I suggest that it is just one of a couple coins that got jammed in a counting machine.&nbsp; </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">In 1938 there were also plenty of places within the mints machinery where a couple coins might accidentally be jammed together.&nbsp; There are the sliding doors on the old tote bins and feeder fingers in the presses etc.&nbsp; One coin might be jammed into another by accident inside the mint walls.&nbsp; Would that make it a mint error &amp; how could you determine if it was done inside the mint?</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Very best regards,</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">collect89</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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