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<p>[QUOTE="davidh, post: 497615, member: 15062"]This is one that we probably will never determine. If it was drilled or punched, there would be a raised "rim" around the hole on one side only. Since there is a rim on both sides, and there is NO HOLE, the only possibility is that metal was added some way. </p><p><br /></p><p>Two little rings soldered on? Not likely. </p><p><br /></p><p>A hole drilled/punched and filled? Possible, but that doesn't explain the rim on both sides. </p><p><br /></p><p>A small metal ring placed on the dies which then came together without a planchet in place, thereby creating circular damage on both dies which then created the raised ring on both sides of the coin? Possibility of .000000001% unless someone comes up with a second identical example.</p><p><br /></p><p>Alien influence? As likely as anything else.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="davidh, post: 497615, member: 15062"]This is one that we probably will never determine. If it was drilled or punched, there would be a raised "rim" around the hole on one side only. Since there is a rim on both sides, and there is NO HOLE, the only possibility is that metal was added some way. Two little rings soldered on? Not likely. A hole drilled/punched and filled? Possible, but that doesn't explain the rim on both sides. A small metal ring placed on the dies which then came together without a planchet in place, thereby creating circular damage on both dies which then created the raised ring on both sides of the coin? Possibility of .000000001% unless someone comes up with a second identical example. Alien influence? As likely as anything else.[/QUOTE]
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