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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Elendis, post: 4629231, member: 113665&quot;]Update: After further analysis, I&#039;ve found that the entire coin is missing a proto-rim.</p><p>[ATTACH]1145355[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>In fig. 1 you can see the rim developed from the die press.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]1145356[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>In fig. 2 the absence of a proto-rim is apparent.</p><p><br /></p><p>This rim pattern continues around both faces of the entire coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The two possibilities that I&#039;ve thought of to explain this are that either the proto-rim was sanded down to imitate possibility 2 (most likely), or the penny was struck on a blank planchet, but that would not explain the edge being smooth.</p><p><br /></p><p>My best guess (in favor of myself) as to what could have caused this is that the penny was struck on a type 2 blank:</p><p><br /></p><p>from <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/328/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/328/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/328/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The edge of the penny is relatively smooth, but has irregularities and scratches that make the coin having been sanded from a normal state seem unlikely.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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