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Pillar of the Community
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Edited by Newbie234
12/25/2016 12:50 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Circulation may have smoothed the brow a bit. But the design looks correct in that area:  (fresh die example) |
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Pillar of the Community
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Rest in Peace
United States
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The prominent striations (lines moving from the center to the periphery) indicate a VLDS (Very Late Die State).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I appreciate that moxking,but my area of interest is the square cheek lines. They are not rounded as should be. They are square.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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They are from the die starting to breakdown on the interior devices. Note the movement is in the direction to the nearest edge of the die. Almost looks like a Frankenvelt Dime. Probably the die was used for a while after this?
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Pillar of the Community
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Frankenvelt dime? Is that a good thing?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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He is saying Frankenstien and Rosevelt. Like a combo of those two because of the VLDS die
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Bedrock of the Community
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Even the ear is lack detail as well. Scary! The motto also shows the VLDS affect on it, distorting it.
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Pillar of the Community
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What may have happened with this coin is for one, an over used die as other have already suggested, plus being struck though some debris which made the other, cleaner parts of the design show stronger details.
By having weaker details in part of a design, the stronger details may appear to be squared off or unusual looking. You can see some of this on the lower neck area as well.
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Posted 12/25/2016 12:48 pm
