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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SPP Ottawa, post: 1838617, member: 39508&quot;]At first glance I thought it might be die deterioration coupled with planchets struck with rolling marks, but the absence of any of these sub-parallel marks in the devices probably eliminates that option.&nbsp; The &#039;pattern&#039; seen in the detailed shots looks analogous to the rusting patterns seen occurring under the Canadian chrome-plated 5-cent coins of the 1940s and 1950s... </p><p><br /></p><p>Could this be a deteriorated die, with minor rusting or rust-pitting on the fields?? Which was then re-used to strike additional coins?? (yes, grasping at a straw here....)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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