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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 110696, member: 66&quot;]I think what Tom has discovered is a well struck coin with a new collar. </p><p><br /></p><p>When the coin is struck the metal is forced against all the irregularities on the inside of the collar.&nbsp; Then when the anvil die is forced up through the collar all of those tiny irregularities SCRAPE down the side of the coin and leave tiny little rolls of metal around the valleys of the reeding on the anvil side of the coin.&nbsp; Take a silver eagle (Because it is larger and easier to examine) and examine the edge reeds closely.&nbsp; For about a quarter of the thickness of the coin things will look normal (hammer side) but then for the other three quarters you will see shiny scraped metal and then metal lumps around the edge of the reeds (anvil side).</p><p><br /></p><p>Once you know what to look for you will see it on many Mint State coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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