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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 7993509, member: 66&quot;]Yes. the aluminum ring is put into the collar in the press, the cent SHOULD be put in the hole in the center of the ring but instead it is off-center, part in the hole part up laying on top of the ring.&nbsp; Then the press cycles striking the ring.&nbsp; It strikes part of the design into the obverse of the cent and flattens/distorts the part of the reverse that was laying on the ring.&nbsp; The center of the encasement die is a shallow depression that is supposed to keep from damaging the cent, but since the cent is not properly in the hole part of it get forced into that depression, makes contact with the bottom of it and it wipes out part of the cent design.&nbsp; That is the section that has wiped out TRUST the last part of the date and the end of the bust.&nbsp; Apparently it wasn&#039;t milled out too smoothly, but they weren&#039;t expecting it to make contact with the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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