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Question on Conder tokens

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In the write-up for one of the tokens I received for Christmas Jerry Bobbe states "This one features an extremely light planchet cutting outline on the obverse, arcing up from 5:30 through the bricks to the "E" in Success at 9:00, which is of course exactly the shape of another flan. A somewhat frequently seen phenomenon in the eighteenth century token series, taking place when the coiner attempted to get a few more planchets out of a copper strip by recutting the original outlines of the flans closer together."

 

You can faintly see the line below

SomersetshireBristolDH98LG.jpg

 

Today, while looking though the lots in the next DNW token sale I see the following token with what appears to be the same type of line.

MiddlesexPidcockDH414Obv.jpgMiddlesexPidcockDH414Rev.jpg

 

I'm wondering just how frequent such a marking might be and if anyone else has such a token. Or is Jerry spinning a tale? ;)

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