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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3316956, member: 56859"]Very interesting, RC!! I agree with you-- all coins shown are certainly die matches. Either the new "northern" dot on the April 2016 CNG coin is random die damage which occurred after the other coins were struck or an intentional new round indention in the die, created for an unknown reason. It sure looks intentional.</p><p><br /></p><p>An overlay of the coins is below. The red arrows point to the dot on RC's coin. The green arrow points to the new dot on the CNG coin. If the dot was present on the die, it wouldn't have been transferred to the flan because of the flan dimple-- although is it my imagination or do I see a hint of a dot within that dimple?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]879343[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The dot on RC's coin is certainly a compass dot-- the distance from it to any point in the dotted border is the same. The "northern" dot on the 2016 CNG coin is not at the center of such a circle.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3316956, member: 56859"]Very interesting, RC!! I agree with you-- all coins shown are certainly die matches. Either the new "northern" dot on the April 2016 CNG coin is random die damage which occurred after the other coins were struck or an intentional new round indention in the die, created for an unknown reason. It sure looks intentional. An overlay of the coins is below. The red arrows point to the dot on RC's coin. The green arrow points to the new dot on the CNG coin. If the dot was present on the die, it wouldn't have been transferred to the flan because of the flan dimple-- although is it my imagination or do I see a hint of a dot within that dimple? [ATTACH=full]879343[/ATTACH] The dot on RC's coin is certainly a compass dot-- the distance from it to any point in the dotted border is the same. The "northern" dot on the 2016 CNG coin is not at the center of such a circle.[/QUOTE]
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