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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gatzdon, post: 207562, member: 8247&quot;]OK, </p><p><br /></p><p>I have one of these with all three of these same errors.</p><p><br /></p><p>The die clash is undeniable with that part of the liberty crown showing on Washington&#039;s chin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m still cautious about calling the pattern on the coin either a lamination error or grease between the dies.&nbsp; Of all the ones I have with this starburst pattern, no two seem to align (either with matching patterns or diminishing patterns)&nbsp; While some coins seem to have patterns that line up, others have different patterns that cannot be explains by the effect wearing off.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It is possible that these patterns were caused by a machine problem where grease was constantly being splattered (as opposed to a single incident).&nbsp; Of course, I would be more comfortable believing this effect is unrelated to the edge inscription step if someone can find a single one with an edge inscription.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>NOW FOR MY THEORY.</p><p><br /></p><p>The missing edge inscription was caused by equipment failure.&nbsp; If the edge inscription equipment is hydraulic or has a circulating lubricant and this rotating disc which spins the coins through the edge inscription step were to have a failure in which a hydraulic or lubricant line were to fail, then you could have a situation where the coins are spinning through the edge inscription step and being splattered with grease or lubricant.&nbsp; Due to the high speed of the process, the grease/lubricant is spun off the coin in a radiating pattern dissolving the antioxidant coating.&nbsp; This would produce a pattern similar to what we are seing and explain the missing edge inscription.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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