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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 8410829, member: 20480&quot;]That is not how they were struck.&nbsp; All design elements on the same side of the coin were in the same dies, and coins meant for circulation were struck just once.</p><p><br /></p><p>That the arc of the scratch coincides with the bottom of one row of feathers negates the impact of the scratch rather nicely on the one hand, yet makes it less obvious what the cause was on the other.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a very obvious example of an Indian gold coin struck on a scratched planchet.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1491943[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1491944[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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