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<p>[QUOTE="Morgan, post: 77742, member: 3630"]I can tell you it was post mint since the area around the b is raised. This is because the indentation caused by the B has to force the material to go somewhere. Since the rest of the die is not present the displaced material can and will act only on the metal next to the punched letter. </p><p>If the B truely was a dropped letter the rest of the die would have forced the displaced material to spread out evenly across the surface and the result would be a indented letter which does not display ripple or ridge around the letter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Morgan, post: 77742, member: 3630"]I can tell you it was post mint since the area around the b is raised. This is because the indentation caused by the B has to force the material to go somewhere. Since the rest of the die is not present the displaced material can and will act only on the metal next to the punched letter. If the B truely was a dropped letter the rest of the die would have forced the displaced material to spread out evenly across the surface and the result would be a indented letter which does not display ripple or ridge around the letter.[/QUOTE]
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