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Bedrock of the Community
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Interesting conversation. Personally, I can't distinguish much with the relatively small image posted. Photos of the reverse could give a bit more context. Thanks.
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Bedrock of the Community
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There are probably hundreds of overpolished dies out there
including ones like yours where the neck has been polished out.
Technically they are not a true variety and would be overwhelming
to try to identify them all as varieties.
At what stage of the polishing would you identify it as a "variety".
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Pillar of the Community
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Personally, I can't distinguish much with the relatively small image posted. Too small? Try right-clicking on the photo and "open image in a new tab". Then you can enlarge it to your heart's content. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Jimmy, a 3.5 leg Buffalo nickel missing a tiny bit of the front leg will transform from a $50 coin into a $10000 coin. Collectors can have a weird fascination with overpolished dies. Also refer to the Kennedy half dollars and Lincoln Memorial cents with the missing FG initials. I think a nice example of a coin with severe die over-polishing could find a home in many collections of minor mint error coins. |
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Brandmeister
I agree that there are some overpolished dies that have been given
fancy names and command a premium but my point is that you can't
expect every coin with a bit of overpolishing to be recognized. Where
would you draw the line as to what constitutes as being overpolished.
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09/07/2026 09:22 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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I agree that there are some overpolished dies that have been given fancy names and command a premium but my point is that you can't expect every coin with a bit of overpolishing to be recognized. Where would you draw the line as to what constitutes as being overpolished. Davy Jones: "One soul is not equal to another!"Jack Sparrow: "Ah-ha! So, we've established my proposal as sound in principle. Now, we're just haggling over price." I really don't know. Some experts decided that a bit of polishing on a buffalo's ankle is worth $10000-20000 extra on a mint state coin. I can also see that we deeply catalog very minor doubled dies and RPMs. I think that coin has collectible value greater than 1¢. As for the question of who is the "they" that determines what die is a variety and which varieties have spectacular value, that sounds like an unsolvable riddle to be debated over pints at a coin show. Or on the Internet, but it's 11 a.m. and coffee doesn't motivate me to argue this stuff quite like Yuengling Lager. =P  Edited by Brandmeister
09/07/2026 10:59 am
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Still hoping for better (Larger) images of this coin  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Quote:Still hoping for better (Larger) images of this coin If you would click on the first link I left you will get them. -makecents-
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Quote:The Great Emaciator  Oh my.  |
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Valued Member
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With over 4 Billion minted I'm sure there were a lot of polished dies being used! But pretty neat to see the difference
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Pillar of the Community
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Referenced from the Original Yontan 1974-D 1¢ Overpolished Die Thread. Those high resolution pics are included below:   I have to say, the high res images show that Lincoln's head is almost floating off his shoulders. The Y in Liberty is vanishing. Quite an overpolished die! =) |
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I really wish to thank you all for your replies. Note* I have been away for quite a while, and remembered that this site stressed the point that picture size must be below 300, and followed that . Now I see that much larger size is fine. I will re-post with a better picture. For those of you who realized that my double picture was meant to show the huge difference in faces, you will see that the over zealous polishing changed Lincoln and made him unrecognizable. The lips are pushed back, his neck is too thin, and the trimming of his beard makes his chin too long. All his hair was cut from top center to the bottom of his neck at the back, etc. A new man. Perhaps a new coin.
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And BM, I can't thank you enough for your help in bringing out the old thread. I forgot about that.
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Pillar of the Community
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I think makecents gets the credit there, but I am also happy to help. =)
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