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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 906525, member: 66&quot;]It&#039;s pictures three and four that have me questioning it.&nbsp; Now what this looks like at first glance is a cracked planchet where that was a void in the metal created either by a gas bubble or a foreign object such as a piece of slag.&nbsp; Typically such voids have very rough surfaces internally.&nbsp; In picture three on the side by AMERICA it looks suspiciously smooth like some thing cut into the coin.&nbsp; Then on the side by STATES there is that raised lump over the field and the O in OF.&nbsp; Where did that come from?&nbsp; If it had been there before the strike it would have been flattened down flush with the field and the O would be struck from it.&nbsp; Since it isn&#039;t it must have come post strike.&nbsp; Then in picture four, on the right hand side of the gap it looks like the rim was formed and the mashed rather than fading out as you come around counterclockwise as you would expect.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now with better pictures I might see it differently, but with what I have that is what I see.&nbsp; I have to admit though that I wouldn&#039;t expect Arnie to be that wrong.&nbsp; So maybe I am missing something.&nbsp; But for right now I still think post mint.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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