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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 1399685, member: 9270&quot;]I read an article in CW(?) a few months back that was about or mentioned a situation that could account for the look of your coin.</p><p>In the &quot;olden&quot; days when hardening a working die to get it ready for use, sometimes it wasn&#039;t done correctly or thoroughly.</p><p>The center of the die wouldn&#039;t get hardened, or at least not as much as the edges.</p><p>Through use the center would give way while the edges would remain.</p><p>No, I&#039;m not talking about the die cracking, just &quot;relaxing&quot;.</p><p>This could certainly explain your coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately I can&#039;t even remember the correct term for this, never mind the source of the article.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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