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Pillar of the Community
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I received my Half Dollar Rolls from my mint order, opened the Philadelphia roll and found a few that look like the two at the top of the photo below (note the dishing near the date at the edge of the coin). The two at the bottom came from the same roll, added for lighting reference. I am not sure if this would be considered a slight broad strike or just some issue with the design that causes this at times. The design sort of wanders off the right side of the obverse anyway so it's difficult for me to tell if there is actually a rim there. Your opinions would be greatly appreciated.  *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum.  *** |
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Moderator
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Very interesting.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Interesting. Is that area in question raised or incused? Maybe a Die Dent?   Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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It is dished, appears high on the edge. I'll pick one and post some more pictures of it, but it will take some time - multitasking and have to go to Grandson's graduation from kindergarten this afternoon at some point
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how about a close up of that area?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Obverse low light  Reverse  ...and I was so focused on the strike, I didn't notice this until a few hours ago when I was taking these pictures  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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here is a series of pictures taken at an angle from about 60deg to flat. I did this to try to show how it rolls to the edge as you can somewhat see by the way the affected area reflection changes as it rotates toward flat.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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obverse high lighting  affected area, indirect low lighting  Affected area direct lighting  |
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Pillar of the Community
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The other two coins have the flow lines by the torch as well. Second:  Third  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Partial finned rim?
Edited by JDRMCB
06/05/2026 10:55 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Here are edge shots  affected edge tilted to show obverse  affected edge tilted to show reverse  affected edge.  opposite edge from affected area  |
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I am not sure about the area at the rim but what you have pointed out coming off of the torch in two areas are trails. Here is a link. LINK https://www.traildies.com/-makecents-
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Posted 06/02/2026 12:15 pm
