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Valued Member
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I know he's beat up and a bit rough, but this just caught my eye. Under the chin on the front of the neck looks like doubling. What ya guys think. These are probably the best pics I can get with what I have to work with. Thanks in advance     |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Poor coin. It's really suffering from corrosion. It appears to me that there is some Mechanical Doubling at the neck. You can tell better with the coin in hand. Is the 'doubling' flat and shelf-life? That's how it appears to me in the pics. The coin is a wee bit off-center. The L from Liberty looks like it's about to fall off. |
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Valued Member
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88 Posts |
The lower portion appears more raised than most md I see but I've never held a true dd so it's hard for this rookie to compare
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That is part of a hand tooling/enhancing they did to the master die. This is seen in varying degrees. The coin is showing a 1964, but it appear they may have done this before this year. Spendable, unless you are saving copper planchets.  It maybe machine damage to the coin. Hard to tell for sure. But wither way it is not hub doubling. Edited by coop
05/08/2015 6:11 pm
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Valued Member
United States
88 Posts |
Cool thanks I just know it looked a bit different
What exactly is/was the purpose of enhanced tooling
Just out of curiosity
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
They use it to strengthen the device that is weakening on the master die. It isn't done too often, but the master die was retired in 1968 because of the wear/weakness passed on down on the hubs and dies. (thus the 1968 devices are often touching the rim during that year.
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Valued Member
United States
88 Posts |
Thanks coop, I hope I am not being annoying asking all these questions
I'm just trying to learn all I can
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Not a problem. It is best to learn a little at a time, than to be drowned with too much information. Don't forget to check out my youtube videos when you get a chance. It is broken down into 5 segments. It is entitled: "Coin fishin' What to keep, what to throw back."
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Nice example of a tooling job
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Posted 05/08/2015 6:00 pm
