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Bedrock of the Community
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Does anyone know of a "topographic" map for wheats and LMC's? I'd like to know all the exact heights of all the devices. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I'd have to say that would be an interesting thing to have on see. Good Idea Thad.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thad, just laid one on the ground here in Salisbury. That means the devises are about 45 feet above sea level.  Actually, I have never seen it in writing. I would be interested in this also. Have you checked the mint archives? Jim |
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Pillar of the Community
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Thad
I have never seen anything which laid out the heights of the devices , although you can get high point diagrams they do not give you the proposed elevation from the field of the struck up devices.
you could ask the question on the mints site and maybe eventually get the answer .
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Pillar of the Community
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I have to admit that is the strangest question that I have ever seen in regard to coins.
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Pillar of the Community
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Cool question! Could lead to a whole new group of variety collecting- height too high or too low for certain device, for example. Wow! This might just DOUBLE the number of variety coins!
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Pillar of the Community
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I guarantee you that there is a measurement for the depth of the devices on the dies and knowing that depth would /could make a whole new approach possible for determining die state .
right now we go by the amount of detail which is visable to us by whatever means is available , but knowing the elevation of certian points on a device could and would make the state of the die precisely known as well as determining the strike quality of just about any struck coin .
being a fellow Lincoln collector ,I know that these coins are often not fully struck even on new dies due to pressures and other failures of the process.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Once again Metalman, great minds think alike! Do you have hidden surveillance system in my house? LOL
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Pillar of the Community
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No ,no surveillence system just many of the same frustrations .
Im one of those guys with a few hundred rolls of MS-63 Lincoln cents , whats really sad is I find better ones in pocket change many times than what I get out of rolls , its strange but true .
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Pillar of the Community
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Thad, are you thinking that the relief would get higher (deeper) as the die wears? I don't see how the devises could get shallower with where. Just trying to see where you are going with this.
Jim
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Pillar of the Community
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You could use a digital micrometer for measuring the heights of devices from a proof cent.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Quote:Does anyone know of a "topographic" map for wheats and LMC's? I'd like to know all the exact heights of all the devices. I've seen maps of Morgans with relative relief in Coin Values magazine. These were used by PCGS for grading. I'm sure someting similar is available for Lincolns. You might try the PCGS website or send an e-mail to Q. David Bowers at qdbarchive@metrocast.net. He wrote a great book on Lincolns and would know where to find something like this. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thad, are you thinking that the relief would get higher (deeper) as the die wears? I don't see how the devises could get shallower with where. Just trying to see where you are going with this.
No, I'm thinking the opposite in a way. I believe the sides/edges of a die wear first. Think of the edges as knives that cut through the metal surface. The bottom of the die is more like a kettle, just a place for the metal to move into after being "cut". The machine presses are set to a defined, contant pressure for the stamping operation and then put to work. As the "knife edges" wear, the design starts to spread-out more and actually becomes lower in relief. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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You could use a digital micrometer for measuring the heights of devices from a proof cent.
That's part of my problem. It may take a laser based system because of the small size.  Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Thad
if you know any one with CNC software , they maybe able to map a coin ,my suggestion would be several coins from each grade point to get an over all difference of how wear actually affects the die .
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