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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 4412246, member: 105571&quot;]I called it 64 and it appears to be struck on a cent planchet but I have a couple of questions I can&#039;t reconcile with what I&#039;m seeing.&nbsp; The lettering at the rim on both sides appears to be clearly struck right up to the rim.&nbsp; The rims appear to be fully-formed and sharp.&nbsp; If a cent planchet was slid into a nickel closed-collar, you wouldn&#039;t see this, I don&#039;t think.&nbsp; OTOH, it was struck off-center which argues for the planchet being loose in the collar.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, is the alternative that a cent planchet was used in a cent closed-collar but nickel dies were then used?&nbsp; That doesn&#039;t make sense either.&nbsp; I think you would see evidence of the over-size strike in the rims because the dies would be larger than the collar.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m looking forward to the authoritative explanation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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