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<p>[QUOTE="RBurk, post: 7430350, member: 105984"]Man, you guys are rough! As I said I am a novice. The similarity if the extra metal shape compared to pot is striking to me. Humor me here. The edges are smooth and sharp, just like the other details of the coin. It flows perfectly from the floor. Might this be a test coin from a new or repaired (if they even do that) master die. I quote from <a href="https://varietyerrors.com/coins/coin-dies-made-little-history/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://varietyerrors.com/coins/coin-dies-made-little-history/" rel="nofollow">https://varietyerrors.com/coins/coin-dies-made-little-history/</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>"By the end of 1996 the new single-squeeze hubbing presses were also installed in the Philadelphia Mint’s die shop so that in 1997 they too began producing dies with the single-squeeze hubbing process. In 1997 some of the problems with the single-squeeze hubbing presses were eliminated and the quarter dies began to be produced by the single-squeeze hubbing method.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both facilities, Denver and Philadelphia, continued to have problems producing half dollar dies with the single-squeeze hubbing method. Those problems were soon eliminated as well. The Mint subsequently announced that beginning in 1999 all U.S. coinage dies were being produced using the new single-squeeze hubbing process."</p><p><br /></p><p>It goes on to say (though this is referring to coins minted after 2008)</p><p><br /></p><p>"Once the master hub is created, it is used to make some test dies that strike sample coins. If there are any problems, the design can be tweaked in the computer and a new master hub created. Once the Mint is satisfied that all is as it should be, the master hub is used to make the appropriate master dies. The remainder of the process remains the same with the master dies being used to create the working hubs, and the working hubs then being used to make the working dies that will be used to strike the coins."</p><p><br /></p><p>Surely they must have made made sample coins prior to 2008 though, this strikes me as a possibility.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Likely? No. But possible? You tell me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RBurk, post: 7430350, member: 105984"]Man, you guys are rough! As I said I am a novice. The similarity if the extra metal shape compared to pot is striking to me. Humor me here. The edges are smooth and sharp, just like the other details of the coin. It flows perfectly from the floor. Might this be a test coin from a new or repaired (if they even do that) master die. I quote from [URL]https://varietyerrors.com/coins/coin-dies-made-little-history/[/URL]. "By the end of 1996 the new single-squeeze hubbing presses were also installed in the Philadelphia Mint’s die shop so that in 1997 they too began producing dies with the single-squeeze hubbing process. In 1997 some of the problems with the single-squeeze hubbing presses were eliminated and the quarter dies began to be produced by the single-squeeze hubbing method. Both facilities, Denver and Philadelphia, continued to have problems producing half dollar dies with the single-squeeze hubbing method. Those problems were soon eliminated as well. The Mint subsequently announced that beginning in 1999 all U.S. coinage dies were being produced using the new single-squeeze hubbing process." It goes on to say (though this is referring to coins minted after 2008) "Once the master hub is created, it is used to make some test dies that strike sample coins. If there are any problems, the design can be tweaked in the computer and a new master hub created. Once the Mint is satisfied that all is as it should be, the master hub is used to make the appropriate master dies. The remainder of the process remains the same with the master dies being used to create the working hubs, and the working hubs then being used to make the working dies that will be used to strike the coins." Surely they must have made made sample coins prior to 2008 though, this strikes me as a possibility. Likely? No. But possible? You tell me.[/QUOTE]
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