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If you find a coin with an errant letter on it (I think some people call it a dropped letter) should the letter be raised from the surface of the coin or should it be an indentation? Not sure what the correct terminology would be here so a little help would be appreciated.

 

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The letter(or number) would be raised on the coin.

Charlie

 

A dropped letter will be incuse (sunken). That is unless the material is retained.

 

Thank you Gentlemen!

 

Here is a link to an article about dropped letters.http://varietynickels.com/articles/droppedletter.htm

Charlie