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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Beefer518, post: 3077584, member: 87737&quot;]Now let&#039;s go way out into the theoretical.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a premise being discussed and defended that only coins minted without a flawed die can be flawless. </p><p><br /></p><p>But what defines a flawless die?</p><p><br /></p><p>Fact - The die&#039;s surfaces change on a microscopic level after each strike.</p><p>Fact - That change of the die increases after each strike</p><p>Fact - The continued changing of the die eventually leads to die deterioration on such a level that he die disintegrates</p><p><br /></p><p>With those accepted facts (or even with just one of them), only a coin struck with a brand new, unused die, can be flawless.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is no intent for the die to change after each strike, but it is an undeniable fact of the minting process.</p><p><br /></p><p>So the only &#039;perfect&#039; or &#039;flawless&#039; coin can be first, and only first coin struck with a new die. </p><p><br /></p><p>Expanding on that, there can be no, or very few, &#039;perfect&#039; or &#039;flawless&#039; coins in existence, as (I believe) there is always a test strike with a new die. And test strikes are not &#039;released&#039; into the general coin population. And unless you&#039;re the likes of Sinnock, you&#039;re not getting one of the first strikes off a new die.</p><p><br /></p><p>So based on the acceptance of undeniable facts, there are no &#039;flawless&#039; coins, rendering all coins minted as &#039;flawed&#039;. So where does the line get drawn between what is considered a &#039;perfect&#039; coin vs a &#039;flawed&#039; coin by the average collector? Is it what can be seen with the naked eye? But people have different level of vision, so there&#039;s that. Is it what a third party decides is a perfect coin? But which third party? We know all TPG&#039;s have different standards, so there&#039;s that. Is it a coin that looks like what the coin&#039;s designer/engraver envisioned it to be? Not likely, as typically their envisionment is altered by the powers that be.</p><p><br /></p><p>So what&#039;s a perfect coin, and what&#039;s a flawed coin?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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