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Pillar of the Community
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What can I say that others have not? Very nice find.
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Pillar of the Community
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Actually, the incuse rim impression is a puzzle. It should be raised. But I'm considering other explanations for this unexpected feature. Nevertheless, the raised, correctly facing letters "NT" show this is a floating counterclash.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Pillar of the Community
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To my eyes, the rim clash only appears incuse. In the macro shot, the edges are raised, from a little distance the interior appears incuse but is not.
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Pillar of the Community
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That will produce an incuse appearance, for sure. The medial raised edge probably represents the medial edge of the die's rim gutter, transferred from die, to fragment, and then back to die. The lateral raised edge is rough looking and might represent damage to the edge of the fragment. The 1983 "extra letters" counterclash cent also features two arcing lines.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Mike, that circular feature that is incuse on this coin, appears to be too wide to be the rim of a coin (comparing it to the actual rim of this coin, that feature looks to be twice as wide as a normal rim. Is it possible that this incuse feature be from something else (I can't think what)?
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Pillar of the Community
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It doesn't look excessively wide to me. But I'm sure there could be other explanations for its presence and appearance.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thank you CCF for all the congratulatory comments on this find!
It's great too knowing there is at least a little something more to hunt for in the exceedingly monotonous slogs through the late 70's cents.
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm sure people will be searching intently for this counterclash once my article comes out.
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Pillar of the Community
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Excellent news and congrats. Another CoinWorld magazine coin discovered and shared by a member here. (I've been waiting for Mike's determination once he got a chance to look at it.) Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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Pillar of the Community
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The article on this new floating counterclash is now available in the online edition of Coin World. Error coin writer and researcher.
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Pillar of the Community
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 Back Searching through Pre-1983 Cents.... Great Find, Excellent Eyes !!!! |
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Pillar of the Community
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Congrats on your new discovery.
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Pillar of the Community
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Looks great, thanks again Mike!
Thanks morgansdad and chase007 too!
I don't know how nicknames get assigned but since the 1983 and the 1985 have one, might I suggest a couple.. The "RoofTop Letters" or "T-in Roof" maybe?
Another observation is that the double arcing lines on the 1983 & 1985 CCL's and the 1984 examples look different from this example due to split plating.
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Pillar of the Community
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I provided an impromptu name for the 1985 specimen, to assist folks in identifying it from photos. It's not an official moniker.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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