part missing

[fiddle-fart]

Found this also
Could this be part of the minting process

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Thanks once again
Mike

[n1tot]

Looks like a grind job to me, from what I can tell from the pic, the missing area is to symetrecal(spelling) to be a missing part of the planchet, if a piece breaks off like that it has ragged edges...........................

[coppercoins]

That actually looks like a gunshot coin. Is the area curved badly toward the obverse?

[Dick]

I hadn't considered the gun-shot aspect, but, yes it does look like it might have been shot. The obv will have a bit of an out-ward cirve, if so. If even , more likely a grinder.
Dick

[fiddle-fart]

here are some more pics.







Thanks
Mike

[Dick]

Mike, that is a gun-shot. Someone using it to "snap-in'.
Dick

[fiddle-fart]

I myself use buttons....
its easier to crosshair the 4 tiny holes

Mike

[Dick]

Mike, I have always been partial to the, "two-holer"!
Dick