1964 Kennedy Extreme Hairlines / Clashing

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Stephen-P Valued Member Japan 294 Posts	Posted 07/12/2020 04:14 am I thought it was harshly cleaned when I first picked it up, but looked a little closer and saw that the majority of lines flow under the letters and stop abruptly at the bust. There are also hairlines in the devices, flowing in the recesses of the shield, up/down strokes on the inside of Kennedy's ear, etc. Report this Post to the Staff

Stephen-P Valued Member Japan 294 Posts	Posted 07/12/2020 04:22 am And these are just one angle! A still image doesn't capture the amount of heck this die pair had to witness. I was thinking "why on earth would the mint take a belt sander to their dies like they did here (and obviously very carelessly), but noticed a number of small clashes as well, the most prominent one being JFK's nose inside the eagle's right branch. They really didn't want anyone to see those things I guess... Report this Post to the Staff
kanga Pillar of the Community United States 5825 Posts	Posted 07/12/2020 10:11 am Excessive post-Mint abrasive cleaning. Report this Post to the Staff
CoinTheTerm Pillar of the Community United States 1161 Posts	Posted 07/12/2020 11:03 am this is common, someone at the mint made sure they cleaned up that die from whatever happened but didn't smooth things out Report this Post to the Staff
Stephen-P Valued Member Japan 294 Posts	Posted 07/13/2020 01:50 am So they scrubbed the dies to hide the clash, but didn't smooth them out? That's common? I can imagine it doesn't have high collector value though because it's about as ugly as it can get. CoinTheTerm great name btw. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 07/13/2020 3:10 pm Also Machine Doubling on the reverse. Just a melt coin now. Report this Post to the Staff
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