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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 1070716, member: 68&quot;]These are striking characteristics rather than true errors.&nbsp; Apparently the dies were plugged up with a little debris in a few of the letters.&nbsp; Typically this is caused by grease filling the holes that would have been letters.&nbsp; Lubricants are used throughout the process to help the planchets and feed mechanisms and it&#039;s not unusual for this and other debris to fill design details.&nbsp; Sometimes these will even drop out and be impressed into a coin and these are valuable.&nbsp; Sometimes also this effect can be very extreme and much of the detail is obscured.&nbsp; These can have a substantial premium sometimes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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