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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ziggy9, post: 427804, member: 8360&quot;]&quot;In 1938 there were also plenty of places within the mints machinery where a couple coins might accidentally be jammed together. There are the sliding doors on the old tote bins and feeder fingers in the presses etc. One coin might be jammed into another by accident inside the mint walls. Would that make it a mint error &amp; how could you determine if it was done inside the mint?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, whether the damage happened in the mint building or not this would be &quot;post mint damage&quot;. The term mint in this instance refers to the process of minting the coin not the physical building. once the coin leaves the die pair any damage that occurs to that coin is &quot;post mint&quot;.</p><p>this is definately post mint damage, most likely due to a counting or rolling machine early in its lifetime. the corresponding scratch marks that usually accompany such damage were then worn smooth over the years. If you look closely at the word GOD you will see that on each blob there is a line going from lower right to upper left. This was caused by the letters being pushed up as the coin rotated counterclockwise.</p><p><br /></p><p>Richard[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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