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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 3109101, member: 66&quot;]I&#039;d say it is both off-center and has misaligned dies.&nbsp; It is off on both sides in the same direction, and part of the design is off the planchet.&nbsp; It is off-center.&nbsp; But the reverse is off a little more than the obv, MAD.</p><p><br /></p><p>MAD&#039;s can happen with either hammer or anvil die (even both at once), but because the anvil die always remains inside the collar on modern coins the anvil die can never be mis-aligned more than a tiny amount.&nbsp; In the case of the 1797 cent though the dies were not contained in a close collar, so the anvil die can be mis-aligned considerably more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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