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<p>[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 4654891, member: 84179"]You can see the seam on the 81D side where it was turned down to fit into the machined cavity in the 91P coin. That seam is the giveaway.</p><p><br /></p><p>The US Mint has a different fixtures to hold the obverse and reverse dies in the press. The obverse won't fit in the reverse fixture and vice versa. That's why this couldn't occur at the mint (besides the fact that the coins are dated 10 years apart and made in different mints<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 4654891, member: 84179"]You can see the seam on the 81D side where it was turned down to fit into the machined cavity in the 91P coin. That seam is the giveaway. The US Mint has a different fixtures to hold the obverse and reverse dies in the press. The obverse won't fit in the reverse fixture and vice versa. That's why this couldn't occur at the mint (besides the fact that the coins are dated 10 years apart and made in different mints:facepalm:)[/QUOTE]
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