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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2705521, member: 112&quot;]The coins you&#039;ve posted pictures of are what are commonly referred to as a railroad rim, and they occur because of a partial collar strike. And there are several different things that can happen (different outcomes) as a result of a partial collar strike and a railroad rim is but one of them. This is true because there different causes for a partial collar strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>But to answer you question, I think this picture will do a better job of explaining it than just words. This is what those coins would look like if viewed from the proper angle. The picture comes from this thread -</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/is-this-a-railroad-rim.127503/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/is-this-a-railroad-rim.127503/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/is-this-a-railroad-rim.127503/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]609698[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Now if you look at that picture you can see where the collar actually was (around the edge). And you can see that part of the coin (the part that is protruding beyond the edge) was outside the collar when it was struck. The picture also shows you that the hammer die did not, could not, come into contact with the collar or the anvil die.</p><p><br /></p><p>And that explains how a strong strike can occur without the 3 (hammer die, anvil die, collar) coming into contact with each other.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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