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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 7603350, member: 24314"]johnmilton, posted: "<b><span style="color: #b30000">The reason</span></b> [<span style="color: #660066"><i>The "reason" is not important AT ALL. The reason does not make misinformation "correct</i>."]</span> I used the word "usually" is that the blob of metal is "usually" [<i><span style="color: #660066">To be a cud it ALWAYS involves the edge. <b>I did not make this distinction</b> - the error guys did! I had to learn the proper terminology from them in order to appear educated. BTW, I always used the term "double dies" too - until I learned better.]</span></i> confined to the edge of the of the coin. It always starts on the edge and can expand a lot further in an extreme cases. But I have not see a lot of extreme cases except on items like Civil War tokens which were, of course, not government products except in rare instances. For example the Philadelphia Sanitary Fair pieces are listed as Civil War tokens and were made with mint dies and equipment."</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #660066">If no one comes up with the entire answer to your coin, I'll suggest one tomorrow.</span></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 7603350, member: 24314"]johnmilton, posted: "[B][COLOR=#b30000]The reason[/COLOR][/B] [[COLOR=#660066][I]The "reason" is not important AT ALL. The reason does not make misinformation "correct[/I]."][/COLOR] I used the word "usually" is that the blob of metal is "usually" [[I][COLOR=#660066]To be a cud it ALWAYS involves the edge. [B]I did not make this distinction[/B] - the error guys did! I had to learn the proper terminology from them in order to appear educated. BTW, I always used the term "double dies" too - until I learned better.][/COLOR][/I] confined to the edge of the of the coin. It always starts on the edge and can expand a lot further in an extreme cases. But I have not see a lot of extreme cases except on items like Civil War tokens which were, of course, not government products except in rare instances. For example the Philadelphia Sanitary Fair pieces are listed as Civil War tokens and were made with mint dies and equipment." [I][COLOR=#660066]If no one comes up with the entire answer to your coin, I'll suggest one tomorrow.[/COLOR][/I][/QUOTE]
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