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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 299536, member: 2972&quot;]I disagree.&nbsp; IMO, the weakness in the stars and dentils is NOT from polishing.&nbsp; Polishing (or lapping) would not cause that.</p><p><br /></p><p>The stars are weak because of the difficulty of striking up these hard nickel coins (<i>edited to add</i>: or a misaligned die), and it plagued the entire serise of the liberty nickels, although more common on earlier dates than those of the early 1900s.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not as sure about what caused the weakness in the dentils other than it wasn&#039;t polishing/lapping.&nbsp; I&#039;d guess it was either crumbling of the die or just a weak strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>All IMHO and respectfully submitted...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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