Recent rash of shield struck-throughs

[onecent1909]

I know I am out voted... but I still don't understand...
The metal sheets are "cut" into type 1 blanks....
they then go to the upsetting process making a type 2 blank or planchette ,,,
The coin is put into the press that strikes the coin with enough pressure to form the details AND THE RIM....
what I don't understand...
If the fingers are cutting the rim before the strike then the rim would look like a small curved lump... not the rim we see on a coin
they would not look identical...
if they look identical it has to happen after the strike... so it would not be a strike through... I don't know what it would be... but not a strike through...

AM I missing something?.... Please HELP!

[Gunnovice09]

Here's a good example I just found on a 2014 showing the anomaly right next to where some rim the exact same size is missing.

[Gunnovice09]

Here's a really nice one on a 2014 showing the anomaly next to the missing rim. This one is a little more dramatic.

[onecent1909]

Here's a good example I just found showing the anomaly right next to where some rim the exact same size is missing.

I see it.. and I do not know what it is...
If the rim was cut prior to striking... would not that part of the rim be thinner but complete and not cutbecouse of the striking pressure?
if it was cut after striking.. they would match.. but it would be... After striking....so not a struck through.....

Mr Diamond could you help me understand..... my head is starting to hurt...I am feeling faint.....

edit: is the anomaly into the metal? lick a divot in golf? or raised like part of the rim just sitting on the coin?...

[Maineman750]

I see it.. and I do not know what it is...
If the rim was cut prior to striking... would not that part of the rim be thinner but complete and not cutbecouse of the striking pressure?
if it was cut after striking.. they would match.. but it would be... After striking....so not a struck through.....

Mr Diamond could you help me understand..... my head is starting to hurt...I am feeling faint.....

edit: is the anomaly into the metal? lick a divot in golf? or raised like part of the rim just sitting on the coin?...

I don't think the piece is from the same coin, but from one before it. They could easily be the same size because of the mechanics causing the problem.

[Gunnovice09]

The anomaly is sunken into the coin and is always the same size as the missing portion of the rim.

[cimperialis]

Here's yet another shield cent where the struck through area is adjacent to the missing rim piece. Notice it's the exact same size. I agree that it's a mystery how these occur, but I can't imagine how the two events would be unrelated given the compelling evidence.

[Gunnovice09]

Awesome pic cimperialis!