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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1109754, member: 66&quot;]So the letters are incuse?&nbsp; Odd.&nbsp; I.m not sure how you can create in incuse N that is not backwards unless you start with a raised backward N.&nbsp; I can only think of one way to do it.</p><p><br /></p><p>You have a struck cent that is laminating.&nbsp; A flake comes off that has the full thickness of the letters UNU but just a razor thin layer of metal holding them together.&nbsp; This flake lands on a planchet in the press right side up.&nbsp; As the coin is struck the razor thin layer is pressed into the coin causing the depression, but the full thickness letters are pressed down THROUGH that razor thin layer into the coin creating an incuse non-reversed image of the letters.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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