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Message:: [QUOTE="JCro57, post: 8110301, member: 92083"]I agree with [USER=86437]@Fred Weinberg[/USER] The spacing between the obverse markings matches the distance between the "pseudo-perforations" of the sealer markings. Here is how it happened likely: 1. At the time of contact with the sealer, the dime was way over to the side where the sealer would normally make contact. 2. Seeing the sealer only made contact with the dime along its outer rim, the pressure caused the dime to skid over (just like how a bar of soap squirts out of your hand) back into its proper "bubble". Thus the contact wasn't made where the dime is shown in the photos; it was along the periphery of the sealer marks, and the skidding explains the "lines" rather than the "circular patterns" seen along the sealed edge of the plastic. 3. As for the marks on the reverse, upon striking just the outer rim of the dime, it caused the dime to raise slightly and was therefore now not sitting perfectly flat as the sealer made contact with it; the dime was tilted a bit. This further explains why the obverse pattern consists of short, linear, longer, and equally-spaced markings. On the reverse side, it likely made contact with the edge of the sealer - not the flat side which would be perforated -  which would leave a long, uninterrupted linear indent as seen on the reverse.[/QUOTE]