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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm thinking die wear from polishing out die clashes, others should jump in and give their opinion.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thankyou I was wondering if all the dies are supposed to be the same or if the thickness varies from die to die at times
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I'm fairly sure different years all have different sized fonts, I think you need to compare cents from the sa.e year for comparison.(it's tough for me because I don't have doubles of many different years so nothing to compare to properly)
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Pillar of the Community
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Ok so when they polish out the dies then the devices enlarge
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Pillar of the Community
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Thats what I was doing ..all four pics above are 1983 ..all have different size devices
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Pillar of the Community
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I meant after the dies are polished the devices get thinner and smaller not larger
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Pillar of the Community
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Ahh, and no. When devices are over polished they would be smaller(thinner) Die Deterioration would make them larger. So depending the die state they can be smaller or larger. Also circulation flattening can enlarge the devices |
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Pillar of the Community
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Ok so when they polish out the dies then the devices enlarge
No just the opposite, I'm sure Coop will come along with his ed. photos.
Also On early die state LMCs the Memorial will have many steps leading up to Abes statue, as the die is polished the steps will lessen.
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Pillar of the Community
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thats alot to learn with experience and trial and error maybe I can figure out one day
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Pillar of the Community
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@greasyfingers, that's news to me, I'm aware grease from polishing can partially clog the devices causing them to be smaller. It makes sense that polishing the devices would flatten and enlarge them . Coops explanations are always great.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Device sizes have nothing to do with which Mint the coin may have come from.
It has everything to do with what type of die variety it happens to be struck from.
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So there are several die varieties at each mint then ....Im trying to understand how to tell an extra thick device but if there are different thickness struck there is no actual starting point or standard thickness...you just have to be able to recognize the different die states somehow?
Edited by gsp193
10/04/2021 8:35 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Type in CoopHome in search box then click on Die Creating.What's Involved....should tell you everything you need to know Edited by Greasy Fingers
10/04/2021 10:18 pm
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Posted 10/04/2021 2:21 pm
