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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 1256341, member: 16948&quot;]LostDutchman: I agree that it used to be some form of die cap.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure if the foldover was done by the minting press or later.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dmiller/SWThirteen: I am not sure how they actually determine the grade since there is so little actual surface, but I am assuming they look closely at the pieces and what surfaces remain, examining it for wear, spots, toning, marks other than from the minting process and those that are not natural to the coin, etc.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Thecoinlover:&nbsp; As I said, I bought this coin for my personal collection - I did not sell it, nor do I have plans to sell it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yakpoo:&nbsp; According to error experts, these types of errors avoid&nbsp; quality-control screening when the Mint ships large quantities of&nbsp; uncounted and unwrapped coins to banks that have their own counting and&nbsp; wrapping facilities. Since face value is estimated by weight in such&nbsp; cases, bonded coins and other types of Mint errors may escape detection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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