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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rlm&#039;s cents, post: 966338, member: 7957&quot;]I cannot prove it, but I also suspect that what you are seeing came from the planchet.&nbsp; If you follow the lines on the bust going to your left, there are more lines just as the rim affects start.&nbsp; I can only conclude that those lines were on the planchet to begin with and have just not been pressed out during the minting.&nbsp; How about a guess that the gap was not properly set during the minting process resulting in the planchet not being squeezed enough to press everything out?</p><p><br /></p><p>As for grading, I more or less agree with Thad.&nbsp; However, the number is not so important as whether or not I like it.&nbsp; In this case, I will likely replace it when the prices settle in.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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