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John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 03/02/2015 07:56 am Worn die or a die dent? John1 Report this Post to the Staff
AT214 Valued Member United States 228 Posts	Posted 03/02/2015 08:57 am @coop it is def not the lighting, I will try for better pics and different angles, it is either thicker on the right side or skinnier of the other but you can see and feel the difference with coin in hand. When I saw this coin it looked all crazy so I looked under my loupe and tried many different angles and felt it and tried everything to debunk it or to see if it was incuse or not, this is a bulge and the 8 looks so weird at the right bottom corner. give me a min and I will try again Report this Post to the Staff
AT214 Valued Member United States 228 Posts	Posted 03/02/2015 09:56 am here are different angles. Report this Post to the Staff
kurdlezuit Pillar of the Community United States 1034 Posts	Posted 03/02/2015 10:29 am A die dent.. is it posible one of the die' was dropped onto the collar of another die? Creating a die collar clash or Dent... L just a theory Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/02/2015 10:30 am Thanks that helps a lot. Looks like the outside edge of the field of the die was reduced. First time I've seen it indent a date device, but when they reduced the die it was reaching the mid die area. Thus the dip. Edited by coop 03/02/2015 10:57 am Report this Post to the Staff
AT214 Valued Member United States 228 Posts	Posted 03/02/2015 10:46 am so this is common? MD? Mint error? Plating? I got no clue as to what you mean "reduced the die area" or if it is common or not. Report this Post to the Staff
AT214 Valued Member United States 228 Posts	Posted 03/02/2015 10:49 am ok I googled reducing the die so I know that now. but is that MD? or something else? Report this Post to the Staff
AT214 Valued Member United States 228 Posts	Posted 03/02/2015 12:19 pm so over polishing will cause a bulge? Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/02/2015 2:21 pm Most of the time on the 80's zincolns they reduce the centers of the motto letters. Not sure why this happens, but it is a die issue and common during that time. They may have been a lot of clashes during that time that need polishing out and they may have fixed that problem. The 1983 dies were plagued with this over polishing/die scratches and miss figured devices. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/04/2015 5:36 pm I had misspelled the name on this link. Fixed it. Report this Post to the Staff
tweak800 Pillar of the Community United States 1249 Posts	Posted 03/04/2015 6:12 pm Ahhhaaa yea the side pictures where great it was definitely smaller than it looked in the first picture. coop was right again light is deceiving Report this Post to the Staff
HighBread New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 01/07/2017 01:34 am Sorry for thread necro, but I have one exactly like this. Is it worth holding on to it? Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 01/07/2017 05:02 am IMHO,No. No added value and little collector interest. And to CCF. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Pete2226 Pillar of the Community United States 3331 Posts	Posted 01/07/2017 10:08 am Another possibility is that this is a die subsidence error. Read the explanation in the first paragraph and scroll down to the 1988 Nickel. http://www.error-ref.com/?s=subsidence Report this Post to the Staff
mikediamond Pillar of the Community United States 2739 Posts	Posted 01/09/2017 2:08 pm This is a form of Die Deterioration that is common on zinc cents. Error coin writer and researcher. Report this Post to the Staff
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