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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4879399, member: 75937"]That's the way it left the mint. The flans were cast en chapelet, that is, using open or closed molds in which a number of mold hollows were connected by channels. This resulted in a "runner" or sprue between the cast flans, which would be removed before striking. Sometimes, the process of breaking off the sprue removed a chunk from the flan's edge, leaving what is known as a "flan chip." That's what happened here. It's just a byproduct of the manufacturing process and it makes the coin interesting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4879399, member: 75937"]That's the way it left the mint. The flans were cast en chapelet, that is, using open or closed molds in which a number of mold hollows were connected by channels. This resulted in a "runner" or sprue between the cast flans, which would be removed before striking. Sometimes, the process of breaking off the sprue removed a chunk from the flan's edge, leaving what is known as a "flan chip." That's what happened here. It's just a byproduct of the manufacturing process and it makes the coin interesting.[/QUOTE]
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