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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1551958, member: 112&quot;]It&#039;s because the coin has been struck slightly off center. Look at the width of the rim on the right, compare that to the width of the rim on the left.</p><p><br /></p><p>The partial reeding marks you are seeing are where they should have been and they are formed at the very beginning of the strike. But as the dies come completely together within the collar the planchet is forced to one side or the other by the misaligned dies and the final reeding is then formed on the coin resulting in one side have a much wider rim than the other side.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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