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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 24643142, member: 105571&quot;]Since I got it wrong in the beginning, I&#039;ll go for the possibility of 0 for 2:</p><p><br /></p><p>1)&nbsp; There are no other indications of planchet problems elsewhere in the portion of the coin shown;</p><p>2)&nbsp; The curve of S is affected but it struck up indicating that whatever was on the die was sufficiently soft/malleable that the die could strike up in spite of it.&nbsp; Like a piece of wood but not a piece of hard metal;</p><p>3)&nbsp; The surfaces of the affected area do not actually appear like delaminated metal and are in fact somewhat variable in their appearance, possibly indicating that what ever was on the die was of either variable hardness or was destroyed in a variable manner during striking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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