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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;adelv_unegv, post: 334172, member: 7247&quot;]I see the dimes rim on one side only, the other side has cent elements running off the flattened edge.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t get that.&nbsp; How would it be incused?&nbsp; If the cent die struck any object the field would be the low spot and the devices would be raised as a consequence.&nbsp; I submit that the cent die squashed Roosies head with the field of the cent die leaving only the ONE raised.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The motto (In God We Trust) is on the very edge of the coin - well past where is should be on a cent.&nbsp; The legend (Liberty) is weak with missing portions.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>bear in mind, a normal cent is minted onto an annealed (softened) planchet and the planchet takes up a certain volume of space with a pre-determined thickness.&nbsp; The presses are set to strike at this distance.&nbsp; The dime is thinner and of a smaller diameter.&nbsp; Plus it has already been struck and thus work-hardened.&nbsp; The work hardening would make the metal harder and thus more likely to split.&nbsp; So I agree to a point.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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