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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 834055, member: 19065&quot;]they both look tapped with a punch to me. The 1975 AZ one is much heavier than the 2002 Maryland... maybe that&#039;s due to the difference in the strengths of the coins composition which could account for the distortion to the reverse of these too. The 1975 would be softer with more copper. The 2002 Maryland seems just a light strike to achieve the impression. I don&#039;t think either are engraved. I am not sure if someone does this by hand, one-by-one or if someone figured a way to do this automatically in that small field in front of Lincoln&#039;s portrait with a machine? Now, <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t58694/#post627003" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t58694/#post627003">this one</a> looks to be hand crimped between a die or press of some kind.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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