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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1010578, member: 66&quot;]Incomplete filling of the letter cavity.&nbsp; This was frequently seen on older coins where the tops of the letters were towards the rim of the coin.&nbsp; Those letter that had a long vertival stroke such as the T&#039;s, the I&#039;s, the R&#039;s and sometimes the A&#039;s would show a scalloped area at the base of the upright instead of being flat.&nbsp; This was called bifurcated letters.&nbsp; The reason for it is that as the coin is struck the metal is moving outward away from the center and it fills the outermost portion of the letter first, then down the upright, and fills the base of the letter last.&nbsp; If the strike finished and the dies separated before the base filled you would have bifurcated letters.&nbsp; In the case of this nickel the innermost part of the upright in the top of the T and when it bifurcates it results in the &quot;palm trees&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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