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Just received my 2014 proof sets and noticed a raised dot right in the middle of the 0 and 1 in 2014. Almost looked liked it belonged, until I opened a second proof set and the other Kennedy was flawless. Reminds me of the 1936 Canada penny. Anyone else seen anything like this? Is it worth getting this certified?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Is the dot incuse or raised? If it is incuse it might be damage. If it is raised, it might be die damage. A close up might show me more.
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New Member
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Looks raised.
Edited by ekovitch
03/30/2014 2:16 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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if your camera has a MACRO or close up feature, turn that on. Its usually indicated by a flower symbol on most cameras. Then, I suggest get close up,but not too close. I only zoom in to 2.0x and nothing more when I am in the MACRO mode, it keeps things from becoming blurry.
Coop mentioned "damage" on both accounts. That typically means that the issue typically does not hold a premium. It could be a "die chip", a piece of metal that fell out of the die and then, got hammered into the coin you see. If it is not perfectly round, it could be a die chip. I don't own any 2014 sets, so I do not know if they purposely put a dot in the dates or not, though this one looks a TAD high to be considered a "spacer" dot.
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Bedrock of the Community
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It doesn't appear to be part of the design.  |
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New Member
United States
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Sorry about the crappy picture, don't have a close up feature on the Samsung S4 (that I could find).
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Pillar of the Community
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Sorry about the crappy picture, don't have a close up feature on the Samsung S4 (that I could find). Take the original full size (full res) photo, crop in close to the date, then resize the file. Remember to do a save-as.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Is this a clad set or a silver set?
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Pillar of the Community
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If raised in addition to being a die chip, it could be a tiny lamination bubble. The key either way is to get it into a TGP slab, as slabbed errors of any kind are extremely rare on proof coins. I know PCGS will has graded silver eagles with lamination bubbles like that in the past and they have sold for signifigant premiums.
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New Member
United States
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Clad. Don't think that the mint has shipped out silver yet.
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New Member
United States
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This pic any better?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like a lamination bubble to me, but without seeing it in hand its hard to tell
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Pillar of the Community
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newbie here...........
Bubble?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks like a die dot. A small portion of the die has deteriorated and no it makes the raised area you are seeing. It is not a lamination bubble. The coin is clad. Just a bad spot on the die. I would return it to the mint if you ordered it online.
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Why would you return it coop? Would it not be more collectible as an error coin?
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Posted 03/30/2014 2:15 pm
