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...if anything it adds a little "character". Why settle for plain, flat fields when you can have "waves"? Works for me.  I am in no hurry to get rid of mine because it is part of my Lincoln Coin and Chronicles set.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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...if anything it adds a little "character". Why settle for plain, flat fields when you can have "waves"? I agree with that. I actually thought it was supposed to be drapes behind him. Does look better that just flat. |
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Sounds like an error to me.
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Bedrock of the Community
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The one included in my C&C Set had smooth fields but both proofs that I purchased individually had wavy obverse fields and to a lesser extent, some minor waviness on the reverse fields. On the coin pictured below, the effect is most visible around the date.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Open the capsule and make sure you are not seeing an image of the inside surface of the capsule. We had that problems with some of the proof president dollars. The looked like they had a series of concentric ridges on the surfaces. Even with close examination and pictures from various angles the ridges were still visible. But finally when the case was opened the ridges disappeared. The mirrors were reflecting an image of the non-smooth inner surface of the holder.
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I actually thought it was supposed to be drapes behind him. Like I said earlier, I thought it was part of the design and thus normal to see. No other proof I have shows anything like this. Quote:
...make sure you are not seeing an image of the inside surface of the capsule. I will definitely take a closer look the next chance I get. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I opened the capsule and it is definitely the the coin. Here is a pic without the capsule lid. If this is an error as biggfredd said what kind of error would this be? From what I could see only the fields are affected.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Probably just a worn die, possibly one with improper hardening.
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Pillar of the Community
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I like it.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Very interesting. Thanks for pointing it out. I have bought quite a few modern proof commems over the years and I have never seen anything like that.
Would moving it to the commem section help others post info on it?
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03/28/2012 3:17 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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It must have to do with a poor job of polishing the die between runs. I would call it more of a quality issue than an "error".
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Bedrock of the Community
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I should add....this would not be considered an impared since it came from the mint that way. When we say "impared" collectors mean the proof was either mishandled or circulated.
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I opened the capsule and it is definitely the the coin. Very good. That saves me the trouble. Quote:
Would moving it to the commem section help others post info on it? It could go in the US Commemorative forum, but the original question was about the proof (a process) and not the coin (a US Commemorative). Now that we have settled on this being something specific about the Lincoln Commemorative Dollar, a move would be in order. However, I was thinking about moving it to the US Variety and Error forum. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Error forum would be good, lots of people visit that forum.
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Error forum it is. |
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Posted 03/27/2012 8:48 pm
