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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;adelv_unegv, post: 334138, member: 7247&quot;]I got to disagree.&nbsp; I think its real.&nbsp; But I need diagnostics from someone like Mike.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I see is a dime (1998 P) that then was struck again in a cent (1998) press.&nbsp; If it did occur this way, then</p><p>1) the CuNi surface of the clad dime would be work hardened.</p><p>2) the dime would be thin for a cent press so the cent would not be fully struck.</p><p>3) the parts to be struck would be the where the high points of the dime and the low points of the cent dies meet.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the first pic, note how the dime&#039;s reverse leaves are flattened.</p><p>In the second pic, note where the best struck area of the lincoln memorial is the highest point of the dime and the lowest point of the lincoln die.&nbsp; </p><p>What bugs me most is how the edge elements don&#039;t try to make a run-for-the-border like they do with a broadstrike -- but, a broadstrike occurs on an annealed planchet and the planchet is the right thickness for the press to strike up good details.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know.&nbsp; I gotta say real.&nbsp; But I would like diagnostics from an expert.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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