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<p>[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 5166638, member: 24633"]Well, since there hasn't been very much feedback on your dilemma, I'd like to add a little food for thought. </p><p><br /></p><p>Many years ago, I was searching my Mint order, a $250 bag of 2007P UT SQ business strikes, when I noticed an unusual mark running along the edge of the railroad spike on the reverse. It was recessed, and I wondered how something like this could happen. My first thought was that it might have been caused by a retained strikethrough. I found more than 100 coins with this same anomaly, so I didn't think it was likely that a retained strikethrough could last that long without, either, falling off or wearing out. Maybe I'm wrong. I don't know.</p><p><br /></p><p>In order for this recessed anomaly to occur on so many coins, it would have to show up as a raised area on the working die. But, if it isn't a strikethrough then maybe it was a scratch or gouge on the working hub which then transferred to the working die. </p><p><br /></p><p>Is it possible that the damage to a working hub was spotted, and it was removed from service before making more working dies? 100 coins seems like a lot, but there is no telling how many coins were actually struck with this one die. What if more than one working die was produced from this damaged hub? Why haven't more coins surfaced with this anomaly?</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, this has been my predicament for 13 years. Maybe it is the same as your predicament.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 5166638, member: 24633"]Well, since there hasn't been very much feedback on your dilemma, I'd like to add a little food for thought. Many years ago, I was searching my Mint order, a $250 bag of 2007P UT SQ business strikes, when I noticed an unusual mark running along the edge of the railroad spike on the reverse. It was recessed, and I wondered how something like this could happen. My first thought was that it might have been caused by a retained strikethrough. I found more than 100 coins with this same anomaly, so I didn't think it was likely that a retained strikethrough could last that long without, either, falling off or wearing out. Maybe I'm wrong. I don't know. In order for this recessed anomaly to occur on so many coins, it would have to show up as a raised area on the working die. But, if it isn't a strikethrough then maybe it was a scratch or gouge on the working hub which then transferred to the working die. Is it possible that the damage to a working hub was spotted, and it was removed from service before making more working dies? 100 coins seems like a lot, but there is no telling how many coins were actually struck with this one die. What if more than one working die was produced from this damaged hub? Why haven't more coins surfaced with this anomaly? Anyway, this has been my predicament for 13 years. Maybe it is the same as your predicament.[/QUOTE]
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