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*** Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark / Denomination to Title. It's essential to have it in the title. ***So, with recent posts of the "elongated ray" made me do what others said they were going to do, looked at mine. I remembered I had one that came in a random lot of coins I bought a couple years ago that was slabbed by NGC as "Uncirculated", which it is clearly not.... Anyway, here are some pics of the third ray on mine, which is not like the George Washington coin that Marve65 has posted but did look odd, maybe just damage to the coin. I took a couple closeups with lighting from different directions and it can be seen in both. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks for looking. Jon.      -makecents-
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03/09/2025 6:54 pm
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Interesting... if it's some sort of die damage, such as a scratch, then it appears on yours as well, but to a different degree.
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Thanks for looking Jeff. Even though a different obverse and mint, I thought it odd to have an anomaly in the same area. Were the Denver coins minted in Philly too? I know that's the case sometimes.
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Interesting find.  |
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very nice presentation Jon.  |
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Were the Denver coins minted in Philly Not to my knowledge. I thought all of the dies were manufactured at the Philadelphia Mint, then shipped to their respective minting facilities for producing coins. Quote:
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Thanks for looking guys! Thanks for adding the date to the title, Dearborn, I just added the mm too. Quote:
Not to my knowledge. I thought all of the dies were manufactured at the Philadelphia Mint, then shipped to their respective minting facilities for producing coins. I think you are correct, not sure what I was thinking.... -makecents-
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Very interesting! Errers and Varietys.
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Where's the coin or thread that Marve65 posted?
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Where's the coin or thread that Marve65 posted? Not sure.... -makecents-
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Thank you Marve65. & |
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-makecents- Your coin listed above is a common 2007-D John Adams Dollar IMO. Not anything close to an Elongated Ray, touching Liberty's forearm. What you're see, I believe is Pareidolia. It looks like a weak strike and deteriorated die.  Edited by Marc Ingram
11/04/2025 11:37 pm
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I'm seeing an older die state coin. (LDS or VLDS) It also looks like there is a die crack starting at the rim at about k8 and extends past that ray. I'm going to say that that anomaly at the end of the ray is Die Deterioration, and possibly even die abrasion from over polishing. ps. Is it glare or Die Deterioration creating the illusion of a secondary ray, below this one, near the crown? Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
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