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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikediamond, post: 115897, member: 1859&quot;]This is either a rolled-thin planchet or a split-before-strike planchet.&nbsp; The striations on the reverse face could indicate the latter, but they are unusually subtle for a freshly split surface.&nbsp; In any case, the planchet was abnormally thin.&nbsp; Due to its thinness, it fell below the minimum die distance.&nbsp; This is the minimum clearance between the dies in the absence of a planchet.&nbsp; The coin would have been very weakly struck all over, except for the intrusion of a second planchet, which left the indent on the obverse face.&nbsp; This intrusive planchet took up the space between the dies, permitting a normal strike beneath the indent.&nbsp; A very nice error.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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