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<p>[QUOTE="Hobo, post: 312786, member: 11521"]It looks to me that another IH cent was pressed into the planchet before the coin was struck. Note how the rim and denticles are incuse and the spaces between the denticles are raised. How this happened is not clear. I would not call it a brockage.</p><p> </p><p>It looks like it could be the 'U' of United peeking out from the shield so it could be the obverse of another IH cent that was pressed into the planchet. </p><p> </p><p>Whatever it is and however it happened it is a cool error.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hobo, post: 312786, member: 11521"]It looks to me that another IH cent was pressed into the planchet before the coin was struck. Note how the rim and denticles are incuse and the spaces between the denticles are raised. How this happened is not clear. I would not call it a brockage. It looks like it could be the 'U' of United peeking out from the shield so it could be the obverse of another IH cent that was pressed into the planchet. Whatever it is and however it happened it is a cool error.[/QUOTE]
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