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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 484524, member: 66&quot;]You folks don&#039;t look at the edge of too many coins do you?&nbsp; This is a perfectly normal coin, just not well struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the planchet comes from the upsetting mill it has a rounded edge.&nbsp; When it is struck in the press the planchet expands outward and the center of that rounded edge makes contact with the collar first and begins to create a flat edge.&nbsp; As the strike continues and the planchet continues to expand that flat edge gets broader and broader until on a full strike or a proof the edge meets the rim and you have a nice square edge.&nbsp; But if the coin is not fully struck you just have a flat spot on the edge (reeded in the case of dimes, quarters etc) and the start of the rim and a roughly 45 degree bevel from the flat spot on the edge to the rim and that bevel will be seen both above and below the flat edge.&nbsp; The stronger the strike the smaller the bevel.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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