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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1098138, member: 24633&quot;]According to Alan Herbert, <b><i>The filling in a letter or digit becomes very hard from the repeated pressure of the striking so when it falls out it retains its shape, and, typically when struck into a coin, will form a shallow, rounded impression of the original letter, digit or other design element.</i></b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What Herbert doesn&#039;t say is whether a retained strikethrough element will completely imbed itself flush with the surface of the field or if the rounded shape can appear to be partially above the surface of the field. Note that this mark on the Lincoln cent has a rounded upper surface that would conform with the rounded incuse design of the mintmark.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I don&#039;t know for sure because I have never seen one, so I am just throwing out a possible theory.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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