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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1941125, member: 112&quot;]Look at the coin closely, in particular what you call the lower lip of the rim and the rim directly opposite that. At 6 o&#039;clock you have the line (lower lip) on the rim. At 12 o&#039;clock the rim is extremely narrow, not even all there. These uneven rims occur when a coin is not centered well when struck. A well centered coin has equal sized rims all the way around, a coin not well centered doesn&#039;t. It is often caused by the dies being slightly misaligned. It is so common it even has its own name, MAD - misaligned die strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>A coin being well centered is one the criteria used to grade coins, but in this day and age it is largely forgotten except by those who really know how to grade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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