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Also looks like uneven grease in some of the devices on the die, making weird look devices. (when a die is wiped down with grease, it can unevenly move the grease around on in the dies devices)  Often the tops of the devices will have the grease less than the bottoms of the devices. Edited by coop
11/24/2019 7:56 pm
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Sorry for a late response. Thanks Everyone for your input. I appreciate it. But I respectfully disagree. Coop in your little pamphlet it sad that devices affected by Grease Filled Die will be enlarged. And they are reduced. I don't know how to call this issue. Again Respectfully - This is not a Greaser. Also I found out that this issue is more common than I thought. I found more Delaware quarters with it. And. You Will Not Believe It. BUT. ALL Presidential dollars are Affected. If you look closely to obverse lettering on ANY Dollar You will see that outer edge of most letters(closer to rim) is strait and the inner edge (close to center) is curved slightly. Don't know if anything make sense. Thank You.  |
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It is called bifurcated letters and is a result of the strike and incomplete filling of the letters. Since the metal is moving outward radially when it can no longer move outward it fills the letters from the outer edge first working back toward the center. If the strike ends before the letters fill completely you get that "hump" in the base of the letter. It shows most strongly on those letters that have vertical uprights such as B, D, E, F, H, I, L etc with the "hump" being at the base or the top of the upright, whichever is closer to the center of the coin. It is seen more often on early US coins but can be found on every series. |
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Conder is that considered an error coin. It seems to me that error occurred on the design table and not the mint. As there is not enough material to satisfy the font used on both sides of the coin in that area. I think it is attractive and should draw a premium.
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No not an error just an incompletely struck up coin. Has nothing to do with design, or the dies, just needs an adjustment to the press.
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Conder101 Thank You very much for explanation on this error. Of Course there is no premium but it is an error. Now it make sense.
Well. I will continue searching. Thanks.
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Cats I don't believe this would be considered an "error" coin. The folks in the thread did a pretty good job explaining why.
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