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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 8195511, member: 24314&quot;]OK</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a hard one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ignore the PMD (scratch) from the point of the star.&nbsp;&nbsp; The clue to this characteristic is its color.&nbsp; This is a portion of a coin that did not touch the die face.&nbsp; It is the color of the original planchet surface.&nbsp; The lines in the gray area were on the planchet.&nbsp; Hard to believe - right?&nbsp; I expect the planchet was adjusted.&nbsp; The proof that these were on the planchet is found inside the &quot;dots&quot; at the lower right.&nbsp; They are struck out in the field.&nbsp; Because of the nature of this characteristic, I&#039;m guessing something like an oil was on the die so it is PROBABLY a strike thru.&nbsp; The only thing I can say for sure is that the lines were on the planchet and not part of the strike thru.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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