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Collector Speculates
Die and the Other by a Hole in a Performed Base Plate.
Another expressions
The 5-CENT OBVERSE DIE.
Burr, The "Rolling Fold."
Struck into the surger of the coin in the form of a short brocal tongue of metal. A typical rolling fold, along with its fire, is shown here on a washington question.
A different kind of burr
WAS Eventually Struck Into the Coin. These Straight Fissures used to be incorrectly identified as "Incomplete Straight CLIPS."
Other Ideas Include Scars from a Guide or Stop, but these Explanations Seem Less Likely.
Returning to the 1972-D Jefferson 5-CENT Coin, we find adDitional evidence supporting the blanking burr theory.
Stopping Just Short of the Bottom Surface, The Blanking Die Traveled All the Way Through the Strip, PossiBly Dragging Some Metal Along with it.
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