Washington $1 exhibits tilted edge lettering

Aleksandr S. Oganesov of Winston-Salem, N.C., found a 2007-D Washington dollar that exhibits a tilted inscription around the entire edge with the tops of all characters either weak or missing.

The ?7? in the date also appears to be widely doubled with a secondary ?7? to the east.

I can only speculate that the wheel that applies the pressure to the coins as they are force-spun through the lettered groove of the edge-lettering machine may have been set too light. This might account for the tilt and weakness of the inscription in general.

It may have also allowed the coin to slip just enough for the ?7? to be sunk into the edge of the coin twice.

Have you found anything like this?

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