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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 8422068, member: 20480&quot;]I enjoy challenges such as this so, time permitting, it&#039;s hard to let go without reaching a well-supported conclusion.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I know some members promote this as undeniable fact.&nbsp; I do not. Planchets are designed and made smaller in diameter than the finished product for the very reason this is not true.&nbsp; Reeding is formed by the outward expansion of the planchet into the collar when struck.&nbsp; It is not until the outward flowing material is substantially confined that it flows inward.&nbsp; Consider the accentuated outward erosion of dies from stars to rim on Capped Bust Halves despite the proliferation of weak central strikes of that design.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As described in the last paragraph, you should not expect the date to be disturbed before details closer to the rim.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The upset rim is work-hardened before strike.&nbsp; Striking through most any soft debris, such as grease, wood, fabric, tape, etc, would clearly leave the upset rim largely intact.&nbsp; Striking through something so hard as to obliterate the hardened rim is plausible, but I&#039;d expect to see abrupt interruptions in the rim at both edges of the debris.&nbsp; That is not evident in your photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>I continue to posit that the planchet delaminated in this area before strike.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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