1968 50 Cent Missing A And Part Of E "progression"

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Enyaw Valued Member Canada 342 Posts	Posted 10/23/2023 3:26 pm As you can tell from this post and my last post, this weekend I have started to go through the 50 cent pieces I have accumulated from my bank over the last few years. I was looking for the missing A version and noticed this "Progression" of coins which I assume is due to die polishing? You can see the left side of the A disappear first followed by the top and right until the A is gone (photo 7) then the right side of the E below starts to disappear until only the left side remains. Report this Post to the Staff

okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5418 Posts	Posted 10/23/2023 4:38 pm You need to get the 61st edition of Charlton (2014) with the 50 cent variety section in the back. It was writtten by "pginrh", the guru for 50 cent coins and varieties. He sometimes shows up here for 50 cent questions. Although Charlton could only fit 62 pages on them into the back for that edition, the complete study/ID'd by Paul was way over 100 anomalies, maybe closer to 200. Try to PM him by mail to get some valuable knowledge. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 10/23/2023 6:17 pm Major pic overload! Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 59728 Posts	Posted 10/23/2023 11:33 pm Could be a minor Grease Filled Die issue that progressed. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
kbbpll Pillar of the Community United States 4233 Posts	Posted 10/24/2023 12:39 am Would they polish the die that many times in the same spot? I was also thinking grease, and the progression goes the opposite direction. The grease gets progressively dislodged. Just a theory. Report this Post to the Staff
okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5418 Posts	Posted 10/24/2023 08:13 am Die polish wouldn't cause that .. the missing parts of the letters are recessed in the die. I think that it is just die wear itself. You see the effects of die polishing in/on the fields. Report this Post to the Staff
Enyaw Valued Member Canada 342 Posts	Posted 10/24/2023 09:49 am Correct me if I'm wrong but because these letters are incuse on the coin they would be in positive relief on the die and not recessed. This positive relief would also eliminate filled die/struck through grease. Report this Post to the Staff
okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5418 Posts	Posted 10/24/2023 11:24 am I didn't know that the letters involved were incuse on the coin ... I thought that they were raised. Sorry, I'm not a modern coin collector and even more so with 50 cents. You are right, die polishing COULD wear away those letters, but I still think that it is just die wear from slamming into the planchets. Edited by okiecoiner 10/24/2023 11:29 am Report this Post to the Staff
Sharks Pillar of the Community Canada 1589 Posts	Posted 10/26/2023 12:26 pm I agree that it is caused by die polishing, seems to often occur on Canadian fifty cent pieces. I have a few of the so called "missing A" 1968 coins. Report this Post to the Staff
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1968 50 Cent Missing A And Part Of E "Progression"