The Date Is Supposed To Read 1830 On This "miraculous Medal"

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TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 11/07/2021 11:20 am Poll Question What do you see? I am having trouble deciding. Also there appears to be some doubling on the front. Comment on that if you can. Doubling is seen only on front and mostly in these areas shown. Thank you. Poll Choices 1830 1820 1880 Something else - please explain Report this Post to the Staff

TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 11/07/2021 11:29 am For me to see the poll results I have to take a shot at this. Voted : Something else - please explain I think there is such dramatic doubling in this particular area that the 1830 over 1830 has made it appear like 1880? I don't think the date is incorrect, just doubled? Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9793 Posts	Posted 11/07/2021 12:03 pm I think the first and last 8 are the same as they both have an unusual upper left loop, so I'm going with 1880. Can you add a photo of the whole medal straight on? "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 Report this Post to the Staff
dave700x Rest in Peace United States 10625 Posts	Posted 11/07/2021 12:42 pm First image looks like 1880, the second looks like 1820. No matter how I look at it I can't see 1830... Report this Post to the Staff
1847bill Valued Member United States 465 Posts	Posted 11/07/2021 5:27 pm It looks like 1380 to me. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16851 Posts	Posted 11/07/2021 6:25 pm The two middle digits appear to be identical, with the same weaknesses in both places in the blown-up first image. So my guess would be either 1880 or 1330. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 11/07/2021 7:04 pm Thanks all. Here's the image, I posted story on it elswhere. http://goccf.com/t/301479&whichpage=234#3522261 If you look up Miraculous Medal and see images or read on it. 1830 is always the date on the medal and related history of it. This was not made in 1930. Click for larger Report this Post to the Staff
TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 11/08/2021 09:46 am A couple of you saw 1330 or 1380 and I think that this is a good point to ponder considering the doubling. Is it possible that the original die was a date of 1380 instead of 1830? Then when the error was realized the master die was recut and corrected to 1830 and right over the 1380? I am not clear how the master and working dies process goes but maybe it also has something to do with why the doubling exists. Report this Post to the Staff
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The Date Is Supposed To Read 1830 On This "Miraculous Medal"