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coop I am going to try to do this right. 1993 Half Dollar. the S is tripled coop look at this incredible tooling on the surface of this coin. these are simply amazing. coop does the mint hand work these dies. that is off the scale wow. here is the image  |
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what is the denomination of this coin?
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Pillar of the Community
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this is the Half Dollar . I find this interesting. the W connected to the bust. here is the image.  |
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United States
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Did you have a question, or are you just having a show and tell?
I'll tell you what, your eyes play tricks if you zoom into a coin that close. If you are looking for a variety, you certainly don't need to be that close.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Always show us the entire coin, both sides. Thanks.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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But that is part of the design on that mints coins. They mintmark punchings stopped in 1990. This is three years after that stopped. Could be slight Machine Doubling. (machine was not as loose as we often see the MD on coins. Then it gets real loose, then the devices are even more distorted with Machine Doubling, called push doubling |
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merclover right now my big gear is appart. I am starting the assembly of this super camera scope. when its done I will have the big camera back mounted. I will add full size photos . I hope this is ok for now. if not please let me know maybe I will try my cell phone.
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thank you so much coop . I have looked at alot of your country proofsets. this is the first one that does not have a smooth surface. why the tooling marks on the surface of this coin. possible reworked die or what . here is a look at the nine an the top of the 1.   |
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here is a look at the other side.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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incredible coin stunning.  |
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the 'retooling' inside the 9 could be from polishing the die, usually we would not see such a shoddy field on a proof.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Most of what you are seeing is minor Machine Doubling. Remember the Machine Doubling affects the outer/inner edges of the devices. The tooling is often on the fields to enhance a wearing die, to enhance a weaken device area. Sometimes they are on the inner design, but they stand out like a sore thumb when this happens.  That is not what you are seeing on these images. On Proof dies, they only strike 3000 coins, (6K limited strikes) So die wear is usually not seen on proof dies. I have seen where a die dent was removed from a proof die once: Note the tapered affected when the fields was polished and the devices were smaller than normal?1982 LD Proof cent:  1960's proof die:  CoopHome: How can you tell if a die was enhanced or polished? Polishing dies makes devices smaller on the coins, enhancement enlarges areas on the coins. Edited by coop
07/08/2022 10:26 am
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thank you so much coop . coop this information is incredible thank you so much. coop interested in seeing a 1991. I am not sure right now if this 91 is the wide date or narrow one. I never marked them. my big unit is down.
coop is it normal to plate a penny with brass. When they identify the coin its suppose to be plated with pure copper.
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coop is it normal to plate a penny with brass. While there are examples of this happening:  So it was identified with zinc in the plating process from a damaged planchet. People cash in on these. but I wouldn't do that. They can be found in circulated coins. They stand out like a connected to a light source in a bunch of non powered bulbs. Edited by coop
07/09/2022 1:07 pm
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thank you coop. that is really great information. I wont bother posting them. thank you
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i have one LMC brass plated. this one fairly yellow thank you coop. |
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Posted 07/05/2022 10:21 pm
