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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 2825197, member: 20480&quot;]That really helps to narrow things down.&nbsp; Now it&#039;s time for some real sleuthing . . .</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;re right about that being a potential source of the indentation in the obverse die . . . not a clashing of a reverse die, but damage to the obverse die from striking a fragment of itself.&nbsp; While I&#039;m fascinated by this possibility, I&#039;m also not yet convinced. </p><p><br /></p><p>Why, you might ask?&nbsp; Well, I&#039;m from Missouri of course.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Okay, humor aside, I have a supportable reason . . . There are several other coins I&#039;ve seen exhibiting the same rim cud and die cracking, yet they do not display this anomaly.&nbsp; That means the die fragment would have to escape the coining chamber while striking those several coins, and then find its way back into the chamber to be struck into the obverse die before creating the subject coin.&nbsp; Sure, I know . . . anything&#039;s possible, but how improbable is that?</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess I&#039;ve got to seek out more images of this coin to see if I can find a progression that will reveal the sequence of events.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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