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<p>[QUOTE="davidh, post: 485053, member: 15062"]The reverse rim shows the same characteristics as the obverse rim, with the exception that the copper core shows on the reverse shot. Both sides are beveled; this is <u>NOT</u> a railroad rim. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is no way at all that this could have been done during the minting process, it is a post-mint creation. The only logical way it could have been done so evenly is to rotate the coin with a lathe or some similar device and cut the rim with a cutting tool, file or grinding stone. I could do the same thing with my Unimat in about 15 minutes[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="davidh, post: 485053, member: 15062"]The reverse rim shows the same characteristics as the obverse rim, with the exception that the copper core shows on the reverse shot. Both sides are beveled; this is [U]NOT[/U] a railroad rim. There is no way at all that this could have been done during the minting process, it is a post-mint creation. The only logical way it could have been done so evenly is to rotate the coin with a lathe or some similar device and cut the rim with a cutting tool, file or grinding stone. I could do the same thing with my Unimat in about 15 minutes[/QUOTE]
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