Blunder Detail On Gratia--1858 20 Cents

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lambecolin Pillar of the Community Canada 618 Posts	Posted 05/06/2013 11:18 pm Charlton blunder details on I of GRATIA shows full denticles on rim. Check this out--I have seen two examples of this. Any more anybody? A short denticle shows the full size blunder/ marker Edited by lambecolin 05/06/2013 11:20 pm Report this Post to the Staff

SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10463 Posts	Posted 05/06/2013 11:19 pm Position marker on the die. Good eye... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9868 Posts	Posted 05/07/2013 12:38 am Great pic! Thanks for sharing. Clearly shows it as a marker rather than a blundered I "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Report this Post to the Staff
DEVLEC Pillar of the Community Canada 3234 Posts	Posted 05/07/2013 8:21 pm My 1858 20 cent has re-cuts or doubling on the D, E, G,..and R but the 'I' to rim .. seems to be normal ..to me. Report this Post to the Staff
Zonad Pillar of the Community Canada 1472 Posts	Posted 05/08/2013 7:34 pm Report this Post to the Staff
lambecolin Pillar of the Community Canada 618 Posts	Posted 05/08/2013 10:26 pm I have seen 4 GRATIA blunders now just recently and it looks as if they all have a short denticle. I had another look at the small picture on page 44 Charlton and it also now looks like a short denticle----bad illustration/photo. SO---maybe this is the end of the story---there is no story or mystery Report this Post to the Staff
lambecolin Pillar of the Community Canada 618 Posts	Posted 05/08/2013 10:42 pm Hey DEVLAC---nice coin with a great eyebrow---almost AU? A long denticle opposite the " I " would make it a normal coin. Report this Post to the Staff
lambecolin Pillar of the Community Canada 618 Posts	Posted 05/08/2013 11:16 pm Thinking out aloud about the minting process and the marker which is leaving one denticle short:: How would the die be corrected to rectify the short denticle when the marker is polished off? Is it possible? Maybe these markers are not part of the die--- merely silver slivers placed carefully onto a planchet--Die drops down and denticles/legends formed around the marker. Then we have a weakness and half a denticle drops off? Nothing makes sense to me about these markers. Report this Post to the Staff
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