Thanks to a friend, I got this fantastic 1933/2 overdate to study.
I've been looking for months, and he found me an especially nice example.
A particularly interesting aspect of this coin is how much detail it shows to suggest the process used to create this variety.
Judging by the details on 93, clearly this coin was double-hubbed with the 1933 date versus a correction made to simply the last digit.
When studying die varieties, I've found it's useful to shoot from several lighting angles to bring out different details.
The second shot has brought out a little raised detail in the lower half of the 3 that suggests the diagonal of the underlying 2.
Taking a tracing of a 2 from a 1932 penny helps show how various features of the digit match up.
This is also a good example of how details drop out on overdates when a die is resurfaced before a new date is impressed.
That's probably the case with the right-hand outer curve of the 2.
Posted 04/10/2009 12:49 am
