Petespockets55: I think that the blank was ever-so-slightly tilted before it was slammed by the die (not quite flat in the striking chamber), starting at the top-see the O(NE). The E in STATES shows "massive trauma", yet the S next to it is very strongly struck. Molto weird...
Macmercury: I have a couple of thin(ning) planchet Wheaties, and the designs continue unimpeded into nothingness where the planchet tapers. I'm not sure that this coin was struck on a tapering planchet.
John1: I don't like fingerprints either, but I don't think I would have snagged it for $95.00 otherwise. I didn't buy it for the grade, but for the error. If a certain flock of dealers had owned it in the 1980's, I'm sure it would have been gassed until the fingerprints disappeared.
Silviosi: ooooooooooooooo!
Edited by Oldgrouchyguy
10/15/2022 11:43 pm