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Seeing this weird error on my really shiny pennies where the "states of" fades down as it moves towards the center in years 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000. What you guys think? Left 1998 no mint mark right 2000 no mint mark Top 1999 no mint mark bottom is same 1998 from top pic  Left 1992 no mint mark (right is a regular 92 w/o error)  Edited by iambulldogs
02/09/2016 12:22 am
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New Member
 United States
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Also have an 1983-D, same beauty, same faded words.
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Moderator
 United States
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Are there any Cuds on the obverse, or are they normal? I am guessing over-polishing of the die.  |
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New Member
United States
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many with this error show slight doubling in the front. Should prob mention that In 99 my mom took me to the coin shop and I bought a 99 silver dollar and a small "burlap bag" that said mint on it, these came from the same bag (minus the 83) all super clean and pretty. uncirculated. pix of fronts soon to come
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New Member
United States
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bad pic I know, its late, ill do bttr tommorow. All 99's show very easy to see doubling with a loop. The first 98 does too. the 2000 does not (in reference to the obverse)  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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One coin & I'd say grease in the die, but this goes across years & I'm not sure how the mint souvenir bag fits into it. I don't know how to untangle all these strings  |
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United States
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Edited by iambulldogs
02/09/2016 11:13 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Most of the extra metal from the cold metal flow outwards on the planchet is used on the obverse of the coin; it has the deeper elements on the die. If I remember correctly, the obverse uses about 90% while the reverse uses about 10% of the cold metal flow. At times, the reverse gets "short changed" and the metal flow does not fill the peripheral devices on some of the coins, in this case the word STATES.
BJ Neff
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United States
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The base of Lincoln's bust is opposite those letters and the bust requires a lot of metal to fill. Don't allow enough time during the strike, or have the striking pressure a little low and you get that weakness in the letters as the metal tries to fill the more open space in the obv die first.
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