1984 LMC With Decent Size Folded Fin

Another great example of the quality work being put out by the US gubmint!


Almost looks like collar damage, but its a bad pressure hit, note lack of detail. Is planchet underweight or on thin-rolled stock? Its either thin or not not with enough force to push the metal into devices, note both sides. Good example of improper pressure or thin planchet!

Crazyb0

It weighs 2.6g and normal thickness. Thanks for checking it out my friend.




Thanks E&V for looking.

That was what I was thinking. A rim Cud. Note the devices are so thin on the motto. So they die may been way over polished. Thus no die flow lines in the field. So it maybe a very old die with a face lift. The reverse die looks like a lot fresher/younger looking die. So they may have spiffed it up a bit to make it look like a new die marriage?

If it was a folded rim, you should be able to see under the folded area. But this looks like it is not folded, but a rim Cud. (You should not be able to see under that area.

I say they are rim Cuds. Most of the pieces I see here called "folded fin" I believe are actually rim Cuds. Fins are formed during the striking. To be a folded fin it would have to be hit and damaged post strike. In such a case I would expect to see the fin with damage folding it in just one area. But on most of the pieces I see called folded fin all I see are "folds" and no undamaged fin. Also fins tend to have a smooth gradual increase in height from one end to a maximum and then back down to the other end. If you "fold" over such a fin completely so there is no undamaged fin, it would still show a smooth transition from one end to the other. Not the ragged varying edge normally seen on the so called folded fin coins.

Thank you Coinfrog, Conder101 and mikediamond. I appreciate the input from you all. Glad to know they are Cuds.