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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 7945089, member: 84179&quot;]A few things to consider;</p><p><br /></p><p>1) The die CANNOT be installed upside down.&nbsp; Installing a die upside is the equivalent screwing in a light bulb upside down.&nbsp; Can&#039;t happen.&nbsp; Look at the attached pic from coin week and it becomes obvious.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1375831[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>2) While I suppose it&#039;s not impossible for 2 planchets to enter the striking chamber and stay perfectly aligned and the top one doesn&#039;t get hung up on the collar, I would think the probability of such an occurrence is very, very low.&nbsp; Even if it did occur, that doesn&#039;t explain the numerous heavy scratches. Take a look at some blank planchet errors.&nbsp; NONE have heavy scratches because they can&#039;t occur in the blanking or upset mill processes.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin in the OP had the reverse ground off after it left the mint.&nbsp; It&#039;s not worth hanging onto, since it couldn&#039;t occur at the mint.&nbsp;&nbsp; I would recommend taking some time to study and learn the minting process.&nbsp; It will make it much easier to determine true errors and varieties from damaged/altered coins</p><p><br /></p><p>Die making</p><p><a href="https://www.coinnews.net/2014/01/06/how-the-denver-mint-makes-dies-to-produce-coins/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinnews.net/2014/01/06/how-the-denver-mint-makes-dies-to-produce-coins/" rel="nofollow">https://www.coinnews.net/2014/01/06/how-the-denver-mint-makes-dies-to-produce-coins/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Brief overview of the Minting process (the video was made by the mint)</p><p><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=104&amp;v=mqPvKxJXC_Y&amp;feature=emb_title" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=104&amp;v=mqPvKxJXC_Y&amp;feature=emb_title" rel="nofollow">https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=104&amp;v=mqPvKxJXC_Y&amp;feature=emb_title</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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