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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 4558436, member: 97383&quot;]Donna, I constantly fall back on vocabulary used when I was a machinist &amp; mechanical inspector. When using blueprints to check a round part you always have to establish a center point to make sure the work falls within the tolerance limits. Old habits aren&#039;t easy to break <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Your observation that an intentional space was made on the obverse die to accommodate the &quot;dimple&quot; so the portraits wouldn&#039;t be impaired makes perfect sense <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. This of course would put pressure on the mint workers to perfectly center the planchects before striking. The coin R.C. posted shows the failure to do this <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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