Raised Lines On Letters Of 1834 Capped Bust Half Dime - From Re-Punching?

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Classic Coins Pillar of the Community United States 940 Posts	Posted 11/16/2018 7:54 pm I understand that punches were used to place letters onto the working dies for Capped Bust Half Dimes, and this resulted in doubling of letters and numbers. This 1834 Half Dime (LM-2, reverse W) shows some strong and clear raised lines on the reverse letters, especially in the ER of AMERICA. Were these also caused by re-punching? If so, why did the raised lines remain so well formed under the pressure of the punch? Report this Post to the Staff

kanga Pillar of the Community United States 5825 Posts	Posted 11/17/2018 08:48 am There are two varieties with that reverse. I need a good pic of the obverse to ID which variety it is. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 11/17/2018 09:04 am Is it possible the top surface of the punch had those lines? On these early coins the punches they are at least to some extent "hand made" and could show graving lines on the surfaces. Report this Post to the Staff
Zurie Pillar of the Community United States 5689 Posts	Posted 11/17/2018 10:31 am The lines on ERI look like gouges with raised metal along the edges. Could it be graffiti? Report this Post to the Staff
Classic Coins Pillar of the Community United States 940 Posts	Posted 11/17/2018 11:40 am Quote: There are two varieties with that reverse. I need a good pic of the obverse to ID which variety it is. kanga, Here is the obverse, and it is variety 2. Thus the LM-2 designation. Report this Post to the Staff
Classic Coins Pillar of the Community United States 940 Posts	Posted 11/17/2018 11:48 am Quote: The lines on ERI look like gouges with raised metal along the edges. Could it be graffiti? Zurie, The lines couldn't be graffiti. The metal is raised, and the same features are visible on the LM-2 Reverse W shown in the http://www.everythinghalfdimes.com example (although not as clearly as on my coin): http://www.everythinghalfdimes.com/...834_lm-2.jpg Report this Post to the Staff
Classic Coins Pillar of the Community United States 940 Posts	Posted 11/24/2018 12:57 pm Looking closer at the E in UNITED, the baseline of the first E punched is at a right angle to the raised line in the vertical part of the last E punched. This clue leads me to believe that the raised lines in the letters are from indentations in the die from earlier punches that did not fill in all the way when the last letters were punched. Report this Post to the Staff
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