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found these consecutively while roll hunting. I tried to overlay the obverse, but dunno if I did it right - lol! feel free to offer your opinion if that is indeed what it is.    ---------------------- the ones below have what appears to be a "tear" in the bottom of the memorial building - any help on what caused that would be appreciated   |
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Very nice! I looked at maddieclashes.com and didn't see a match. You should see if BJ Neff would be interested at looking at them.
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jdavis18,
That's funny - I was just on their too and didn't see anything for 1973D - Isn't Mike Diamond a member of these forums as well? I'll put it on "the list" of things to send off.
THANKS for lookin!
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06/01/2012 11:34 pm
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Looks to be a minor clash.
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I don't think that website is out to list every existing clash. This one is quite minor, it doesn't surprise me that you cannot find it 'listed' anywhere.
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Indian and Coppercoins,
Thanks for the input - what would constitute a major MAD clash? Over 20%
What would be the proper term for these two coins? Minor Die Clashed reverses?
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The proper term would be "normal coins" - minor clashes happen very frequently.
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Thanks again for the help - it definitely takes some time to go through enough cents to find something that looks "different," but once you know... you know! And saves time to find the valuable, "abnormal" coins!!
Coppercoins... you should write a book! Oh wait... you already wrote 3 I think - I just need to read em (hopefully they are available on iTunes)!
btw... love the forward you wrote for "A Guide Book of Lincoln Cents."
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I don't believe this is a clash. I've seen many 1973-D cents with this reverse malformation, although I don't know if they were all struck by the same die pair. The blemish is too broad and vague to be even a worn die clash. It could be die damage or a wierd pattern of die deformation.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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I have seen many of these in different stages of severity and it puzzles me. It looks like it could be some form of a die clash but I have read a few things posted by pros that say it is not from a die clash, sooo,? John1  |
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... Mike, you mentioned you have seen many. Have you seen similar "die deformations" on other cents, or denominations similar? Why would the mint release these coins? Could they have passed quality control (if even noticed)?
Thanks for the weigh in's all!
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... forgot to ask... any ideas on the "tear" in the bottom of the memorial building - again this was only present on one of the two.
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Posted 06/01/2012 11:32 pm
