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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clawcoins, post: 3497005, member: 77814&quot;]ooh, by the way</p><p>[ATTACH=full]926478[/ATTACH]</p><p>Between the 1 and 6 o&#039;clock position, the coin is deformed (smooshed) outwards.&nbsp; ie, it&#039;s not round.&nbsp; ie, therefore it was not in a collar when this was done.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is also easily replicated.&nbsp; As mentioned in my previous post, just do your own tests.&nbsp; Also keep in mind, since the coin surface is not flat (except for the edges) you&#039;ll more than likely press a side of it to get some text imprinted as the coin will kink to one side from the uneven (Abe sticks up a lot right smack in the middle for some reason) surface, and more than likely get similar results as you see.</p><p><br /></p><p>The pressure of the Mint press, which is many more tons of instant pressure, would have had a much different look to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your &quot; local pgcs grader just took a quick look and said it was probably from a vise&quot; probably has seen hundreds if not thousands of similar examples.&nbsp; you might want to heed their advice.&nbsp; Or at least do your own experiments.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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