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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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Well Mr Crispies, I see a doubled eyelid, thickening of the IB and W to E, one thick and one thin 9 in the date, an extra lapel slot under an oddly shaped bowtie, a die crack across his forehead, and doubling on the reverse in the columns. But, I also see a treasure on every coin I look at because I am brand new to this and trying really hard to learn. Are you the expert that I seek or did you just want to be snarky to the new guy? Actual help and kindness is always appreciated. Thanks again.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thank you for the clarification, and I apologize if I offended you. I know the good folks here don't like to be guessing what errors you think you have all day, so it is best to be specific. The more specific your questions are, the more specific answers you will get. I am just trying to help you out. And I almost forgot  Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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Thanks for clarifying, and I too apologize for misunderstanding. You helped me learn, and I reposted this in the modern coin errors section of the forum. &  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The IB is actually reduce in size. A strong die crack on the head. No doubled eyelid. A doubled eyelid would be on the area above or below that eye area. http://www.coppercoins.com/lincoln/...ie_state=mdsOn the "WE" is it pretty normal. The area above the motto devices will show die wear between the devices and the rim area. Some areas have the devices reduced from a die polishing, thus some are smaller than normal. Pretty much a normal coin for that year. The images are great. For a new one to the forum they are usually not as nice as your are. What ever you are doing, I don't see a need to change any thing. But from what I can see they coin is a normal one. On the DDO that year, the devices were enlarged on the liberty and date devices: uploaded/coop/1959P-1DO-002_LIBERTY.jpgp.img]      |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice die crack on the forehead. to the CCF! |
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Thanks for the replies. And thanks for the info Coop. My first post here got blasted for the photos and my eyesight isn't in it's twenties any more, so the microcamera is really helping. Let me ask... I see a lot of replies that say things like 'that doesn't match the listed errors" or "look for the markings from these sites.." So, how do you know if it's just a plain coin or an error that's not been found yet? Should I assume all errors that I can't cross reference are just PMD? |
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You may find an unlisted error but you have to do the research to know what to look for, understanding the minting process and what is possible to happen to cause these different errors is important.
Some doubled dies are easy to spot but many you need to have others to compare with if the same year, I'm horrible with wide doubled dies but split serifs are easy to spot if you look close and carefully. There are many other errors that can look like damage but unless you study examples and what to look for to identify each error you will mix up damage and errors all the time.
All that said there are many helpful articles on this site. Simply type in the search bar or check out coop home, many great very descriptive articles.
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when I look at this photo, I see a very strong eyelid. Is that normal for this coin?  And on this photo I see one thick and one thin 9. Is this just Machine Doubling or a scratch?  again, Thank you all for trying to help me understand! |
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Pillar of the Community
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The thin 9 could be caused by polishing if the dies, grease from polishing could have gotten pushed up against the inside of the second 9 on the die causing a thinning effect. I have been confused by this in the past, it could also just be the lighting and angle the shot was taken at causing a think looking second 9. As for the eye lid it looks normal to me, it may have taken a hit in circulation causing it to look a little thicker but no error that I see.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Your coin appears fairly normal in appearance, with the exception of the very nice die crack on Abe's forehead. Certainly worth keeping!  to the CCF!  |
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United States
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Awesome! Thank you all so much for your help! on to the next one...
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