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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 491904, member: 15062&quot;]Here are several coins with indent errors.&nbsp; You&#039;ll notice that they all have one thing in common.&nbsp; The design on the hammer die is NOT transferred to the error coin.&nbsp; The thickness of the overlaying planchet is too thick to allow any design transfer.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://minterrornews.com/priceguideindentimage.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.coinworld.com/images/NewCollector/errors/e-indent-s.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.onlinesfinest.com/jeffbrockrev64.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.australian-threepence.com/images/australia-2002-1-dollar-indent.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.jimscoins.net/images/indent_1-120x121.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.coinpage.com/images/coins8/grt1973s.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.errorsoncoins.com/cents/indent/indent_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now, here&#039;s the OP&#039;s quarter&nbsp; You&#039;ll notice that the design from the hammer die (Washington&#039;s chin and neck.&nbsp; Also part of the date (looks like 79)) has been transferred through whatever was overlaying the planchet in the striking chamber.&nbsp; Whatever it was was thin enough to allow the design to be transfered through it by the hammer die.&nbsp; Since a design can not be transferred through a planchet, it follows that something other than a planchet got between the coin and the hammer die.&nbsp; <img src="http://www.cointalk.com/forum/attachments/37780d1230663742t-pc300423.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a Strike Through</p><p><br /></p><p>Q.E.D.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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