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<p>[QUOTE="Yokozuna, post: 949068, member: 26087"]In looking through 4 rolls of Millard Fillmore Dollars, I was having no luck. I didn't see anything but scratches and bag marks. When I got to the 4th roll I saw that the outside flat area just on the outside of the obverse was "wavy." I could see where each star, date number, mint mark and letter that had been pressed into the rim was by looking at the coins obverse with the naked eye. In fact most of the 4th roll has the same wavy edge element on the reverse with a few on the obverse. You can see the waves better than they show in the large reverse photo.</p><p> </p><p>It's as if the rim lettering is just off center and is causing the flat edge to be pushed up at each impression. The strongest example makes it look as if the waves are an intentional part of the coins design.</p><p> </p><p>Is this common, or did I find a minor error?</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH]89614.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH]89615.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Ben[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Yokozuna, post: 949068, member: 26087"]In looking through 4 rolls of Millard Fillmore Dollars, I was having no luck. I didn't see anything but scratches and bag marks. When I got to the 4th roll I saw that the outside flat area just on the outside of the obverse was "wavy." I could see where each star, date number, mint mark and letter that had been pressed into the rim was by looking at the coins obverse with the naked eye. In fact most of the 4th roll has the same wavy edge element on the reverse with a few on the obverse. You can see the waves better than they show in the large reverse photo. It's as if the rim lettering is just off center and is causing the flat edge to be pushed up at each impression. The strongest example makes it look as if the waves are an intentional part of the coins design. Is this common, or did I find a minor error? [ATTACH]89614.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]89615.vB[/ATTACH] Thanks, Ben[/QUOTE]
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