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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2315726, member: 1892&quot;]Another consideration is that the coin does not reach that final diameter until it is actually struck, and it&#039;s physically impossible to strike a coin without both dies in place. Therefore (aside some Mint worker-created error) the reverse of your coin <b>must</b> have been blanked after it was struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>With that said, this becomes a fairly valuable coin in your collection, because it&#039;s started you down the road to not needing to ask these questions. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The key to understanding error coins is understanding the minting process. It allows you to <i>instantly</i> eliminate certain coins - like this one - on sight, while also giving you an intuitive feel for what part of that process could have created what you&#039;re looking at.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, you could get to the point where you can tell a &quot;true&quot; Mint error from something postmint 100 times out of 100, and still not quite know how the Mint managed to do what it did to the coin you&#039;re holding. Happens to me all the time. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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