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The mint stated that they were making changes to better represent "The classic Walking Liberty design by Adolph A. Weinman." "After 35 years, this famous design has been refreshed." I took a look at the Walking Liberty half dollars and compared. They look very similar if not the same. Edited by carlp007
10/15/2021 11:21 am
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So basically they removed embellishments that were added when it was shifted to the larger coin. Restoring the original look reminds me of how they recently rolled back the spaghetti hair on quarters and halves.
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  Can someone explain why type 1 has defined sandal on her trailing foot while you can barely see it on type 2? |
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Bedrock of the Community
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That is the way the design is, it is weaker on a Type 2.
Notice the lines in the bottom of the skirt are also missing.
Edited by JimmyD
10/19/2021 12:10 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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So what causes this? Die polishing. Remove a defect from the die, it is polished. Often after a clash or damage to the die, so they can continue to use the die without showing the defect. The reduction on the die, first affects the fields of the die, then the sub devices. If this is seen on a larger area, it might have even had Feeder Finger Damage to the die. Thus the reduction of the design is what you are seeing. A closer view of other areas will be helpful, but do not add any premium for the coin. I'm guessing the 10:00 are will also be showing more reduction on this side of the coin. Often times when this happens the polishing can also be seen on the reverse as well. (depending on how much damage the die suffered) |
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United States
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 The type 2 obverse. Sorry! |
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Was this type 2 2021 Silver eagle struck at West Point but without the mint mark? I've seen a type 2 with a W mint mark so now I'm confused about where it was minted.
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An ASE with no mint mark means it was probably mints at the Philly Mint, BUT, it would be a Bullion coin - one that the mint does not sell to the public directly. they go to dealers. I'm also thinking that since it is a bullion, it may not have the best detail on the coin as these usually only sell for spot+ a few bucks from the dealer. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Everyone benefits from discussions. I'll look around to see if I can get some larger images to see what the Feeder Finger Damage looks like that that design. All the ones on the site were PR-70's. But the enhanced ones looked very nice.   Edited by coop
10/20/2021 2:30 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The Type 1 silver eagle obverse design is the Modified Adolph A. Weinman design from the Walking Liberty half dollar modified with more detail for the Silver American Eagle coins. The Type 2 silver eagle obverse design is the original Adolph A. Weinman design from the Walking Liberty half dollar. That is to say, it's done completely and totally on purpose, also why they put his AAW signature on the Obverse of the Type 2. On the Walking Liberty half dollar it was on the reverse under the eagles wing at the bottom, but on the half dollar he designed the obverse and reverse. |
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I merged the newer "2021 Silver Eagle Type 2 Sandal Differences" topic into this existing one, which was also in the correct forum. ASE is US NCLT, not US Modern.  |
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@Big-Kingdom thanks for that explanation. I kind of liked the more detail though! *shrug*
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Pillar of the Community
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This thread is a great read. Thanks all for the info.
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