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Message:: [QUOTE="Seattlite86, post: 4289145, member: 59737"]+1 on how he treated Mike Diamond poorly and why he is received as such. [USER=67639]@StevenHarden[/USER] it's time for me to bow out and say this is beyond my ability. Notice [USER=29239]@rascal[/USER] that just because it's beyond my abilities that I didn't just blurt out "PMD" and run away. Those who study error collectors enjoy new and difficult ones to study. I'm afraid that I'm just a novice in this. After thinking it over, I agree with [USER=84179]@Oldhoopster[/USER] about it not being a collar clash. Too much reading shows. My newest theory is that it was struck once, but the collar disengaged so many mms away and stopped, causing a "second reeding" after the first expanded. There's a chance the collar was angled, which may have caused the "second" reading on the top part of the obverse. Perhaps this strike had extra pressure as well. This theory is one that comes out of ignorance from having enough knowledge to know what happened. It would be great if we could get [USER=86437]@Fred Weinberg[/USER] to drop in and look at the coin above and give his insight. I also know that [USER=112]@GDJMSP[/USER] and [USER=15199]@desertgem[/USER] have a wealth of knowledge on how coins are struck. They could possibly help as well. [ATTACH=full]1091831[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1091832[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1091833[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1091834[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]