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ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
always amazed what I find in the error section .....

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  • Jinx86Jinx86 Posts: 3,710 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Some people have all the fun.
  • CoinZipCoinZip Posts: 3,253 ✭✭✭
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  • StrikeOutXXXStrikeOutXXX Posts: 3,352 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>always amazed what I find in the error section .....

    fake error >>



    You must already have the 15-20 Degree variety of these then?

    I'm holding out for at least 45 Degrees. 8-)


    The things you can create with I'm assuming a hydraulic punch - cute little puzzle I suppose.
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  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,408 ✭✭✭
    reviving the term two bits this one is image
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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,273 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have seen various of these over the years, where a plug is punched out and then forced back in. Possibly from a high school shop class.
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • bolivarshagnastybolivarshagnasty Posts: 7,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, a mechanical punch press and then stretch the smaller diameter back out by flattening. You can see flattening in Washington's hair.

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