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<p>[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 7973129, member: 84179"]You should never think "I don't know how this damage occurred, so it must be an error." For it to be an error, you have to explain how it could occur during the minting process. The simple answer is that it can't. There are an almost unlimited number ways that a coin can be damaged once it leaves the mint, but only specific ways for errors/varieties to occur during the minting process.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=44615]@paddyman98[/USER] is has a lot of knowledge and expertise of the minting process and has given you the correct answer - damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Learning and understanding the minting process is the key to finding errors. Here are some links to heLp get you started.</p><p><br /></p><p>(US mint video)</p><p><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?" rel="nofollow">https://m.youtube.com/watch?</a></p><p>time_continue=104&v=mqPvKxJXC_Y&feature=emb_title</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.coinnews.net/2014/01/06/how-the-denver-mint-makes-dies-to-produce-coins/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinnews.net/2014/01/06/how-the-denver-mint-makes-dies-to-produce-coins/" rel="nofollow">https://www.coinnews.net/2014/01/06/how-the-denver-mint-makes-dies-to-produce-coins/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 7973129, member: 84179"]You should never think "I don't know how this damage occurred, so it must be an error." For it to be an error, you have to explain how it could occur during the minting process. The simple answer is that it can't. There are an almost unlimited number ways that a coin can be damaged once it leaves the mint, but only specific ways for errors/varieties to occur during the minting process. [USER=44615]@paddyman98[/USER] is has a lot of knowledge and expertise of the minting process and has given you the correct answer - damage. Learning and understanding the minting process is the key to finding errors. Here are some links to heLp get you started. (US mint video) [URL]https://m.youtube.com/watch?[/URL] time_continue=104&v=mqPvKxJXC_Y&feature=emb_title [URL]https://www.coinnews.net/2014/01/06/how-the-denver-mint-makes-dies-to-produce-coins/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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