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    • Martinminerva
      Mint Faults

      By Martinminerva · Posted

      Definitely just post mint damage as Chris says. I think someone back in the late 1800s actually suspected it might have been a forgery (it's not, but many were at the time) and has cut or chopped the flan to test. The metal displacement can be seen along the entire length of the cut on the top side of it (so chopped at an angle upwards from SW to NE) and subsequent circulation wear has smoothed it out a bit including blending it into the beads, and separating off the bottom serif of the I to make a big blob. Not a mint fault, I'm afraid. You're actually not far wrong when you say hit with an axe! More likely a chisel.
    • Citizen H
      Mint Faults

      By Citizen H · Posted

      its to deep to be just a scratch, the additional silver near the edge is bled into the dots surrounding..  I can see about better photos but for now this is the I can manage. 👍 
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      Partial Brockage

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      Awesome find, 👍😀
    • Chris Perkins
      Mint Faults

      By Chris Perkins · Posted

      Looks like a (post mint) scratch to me. The blob above the C is displaced metal moved aside from the rim, caused by the scratch.
    • Rob
      Partial Brockage

      By Rob · Posted

      I can only suggest that when a brockage happens, the press is full of unwanted metal which in these cases shattered one of the flans with the remnant causing what is seen. The offending item did not bind to the full flan and fell off. It doesn't look concocted in either case, as the incuse legends are approximately correct for orientation, albeit displaced significantly in the first one.

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