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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1283528, member: 26302&quot;]I would guess the dime used to be attached to something else and those &quot;casting marks&quot; are solder or another way it was attached. Casting sprues, little bits of metal still attached to a flan from casting, only ever appear on cast flans or coins, not on US coins. US coins are stamped from rolled metal, so I do not see how the mint could have possibly made this. Also, since our coins are struck in a round collar, even if the flan had sprues, either it would not have fit in the collar or the striking would have eliminated them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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