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I know a 1969 S DDO this is not but I thought I'd share it anyways. I assumed he no neck happens because of over polishing but the devices seem really strong still. Is that because on the die they are incused and aren't affected as much because they don't protrude like Abe does? For those who can't tell from the pics, his head seems to be levitating above his body.   |
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.. or maybe over polished die  |
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Definitely heavy die polishing. You can see the effects on the Y in LIBERTY as well.
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It reminds me of the scene from "Young Frankenstein" when Igor is singing "I ain't got no-boodddyy!"
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That's one of the most heavily polished dies I've seen. Nice find!
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are y'all saying that over polishing the die pushed debris down into the recessed areas in the die?
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Love that movie! Quote:
are y'all saying that over polishing the die pushed debris down into the recessed areas in the die? No, it reduced the fields of the die and since that area is very shallow, the transition between field and device was polished away. I also see some plating issues in that area. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
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are y'all saying that over polishing the die pushed debris down into the recessed areas in the die? When the die is heavily polished, the highest metal (which on the die is the field) is removed, thus lowering the field on the die and raising it on the coin. When this happens, the lower-relief parts of the design are removed as well. Consider an island in the ocean- when the sea level rises, parts of the land are submerged and the part above the surface becomes smaller. |
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 It just depends on what they are trying to remove. |
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Very nice find! It was caused by a over polished die from trying to remove a huge Die Clash. That one is definitely a keeper and should be placed in a 2x2 coin flip for protection.  Errers and Varietys.
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Thanks guys. Yeah. Def wasn't expecting to find one on the newer shields. I haven't been doing this long but I haven't come across one yet and I got this one in my last roll out of a box from the bank. I've seen a few that were very close but not completely gone like this one and the space where his neck should be is actually flat as opposed to some where he looks like a Kenyan marathon runner (I don't mean any offense to anyone, just saying they be skinny). I don't usually look through a ton of shields unless they are really good grade. Luckily this one was.
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