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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;houston_ray, post: 45202, member: 1943&quot;]A buddy of mine asked me today about some overstruck or variety coins.&nbsp; Specifically, he asked HOW they were minted as such...the mechanics of what happens (or went wrong so to speak).</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, for the 1922 no D Lincoln cent, I could answer him as I&#039;m aware of what happened included various die pairs, etc.&nbsp; Ditto for the 1955-S double die Lincoln.&nbsp; I also could explain rotated dies.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I strugged with the mechanics of what happened to the 1942/1 Mercury dime....not only did it happen at Philadelphia, but at the Denver mint, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>What happened at those mints to cause this error variety?&nbsp; How did it happen at both Philadelphia AND Denver in one year...then to my knowledge, not to any appreciable extent through 1945 when they stopped minting Mercs!&nbsp; Thanks, all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Houston_Ray[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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