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1934 P Washington. Some Questions Here.

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 Posted 12/13/2021  4:36 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Dowhat to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
This is what I see. The obverse side is significantly struck below the rim compared the the reverse. The reverse looks normamal, the obverse has higher rims. The edge is fully reeded and undisturbed. The weight is 6.23g. Is this a striking, planchet anomaly? Your opinions please.
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I may see some funky stuff around the ear, but that is another topic.
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 Posted 12/13/2021  5:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TNG to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
To me it looks like a very nice. normal "Heavy motto" 1934 Washington quarter.
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 Posted 12/13/2021  5:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add T-BOP to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I don't see anything out of the norm , please explain further .
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 Posted 12/13/2021  6:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dowhat to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
What you see on the 3k side at the rim is a shadow. The light is coming from left to right. If I were to rotate the obverse 180 degrees, the shadows would alternate.
How else can I explain it?
The coin is in fairly good condition, yet the obverse rim stands above the fields much more than the reverse,which appears normal compared to similar examples. The rim to field distance is noticeably more on the obverse.
Would you prefer additional images at various angles that might help to convey what is obvious to me in hand?
If so I will do my best to accommodate.
I was just thinking that there was some type of event where on side of the coin might be struck a little more than the other in depth.
But what do I know.

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 Posted 12/13/2021  9:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dearborn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
In the obverse image the light is coming in from the right. but the picture was taken upside down then rotated 180 degrees to give us the correct orientation of the coin. (I can tell this from the wood surface the coin was placed on.) See the gouge on the wood on the obverse picture just below and to the left of the motto? - that same gouge is now at the top right in the Reverse image.
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 Posted 12/13/2021  11:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dowhat to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Good detective work Dearborn. Regardless of the lights direction, can anyone deduce the situation I tried to explain?
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 Posted 12/14/2021  6:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dowhat to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I am rather disappointed at the lack off response to a legitimate question.
The photos were my attempt to use sunlight to give a perspective. Obviously, I failed in that attempt.
I have spent many hours referencing many resources without results.
The obverse rim, (in your hand), is cleary non semetrical with the reverse rim, as far as distance above the corresponding field area's.
Another observation. The cruddy edge following the rim on the obverse, is not crud. Many hours in acetone says so. As this is a 90% silver coin, I am not familiar with the reactions that would effect one side and not the other. If you notice, this condition barely exists on the reverse.
Much less, the more normal rim.
In layman's terms; "The front is mushed in deeper than the back, and it looks like the silver is fallin" offin' the front side rim edge". It sure don't look like something I look at everyday.
I can create more images if anyone is interested.

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 Posted 12/14/2021  7:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mrwhatisit to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It makes me wonder if the striking pressure was a little higher than normal to produce this higher than normal rim? Grade wise it looks mid-AU.
I don't think it is an issue to use sunlight if it helps pop out a detail that needs to be seen, such as your coin in general, so to me personally it is another tool in the arsenal to use when needed.
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12/14/2021 7:06 pm
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