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New Member
United States
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Here is a scan of a coin's collar, a close-up of the denticles, and what looks to be multiple strikes.  Take a few seconds, to look this image over, and tell me if you see evidence of multiple strikes in the collar. If so, how many do you see? Here is a smaller version of basically the same area of the above image... hopefully the better resolution will help.  Edited by DAEM
09/18/2009 11:21 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Philippines
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The magnified pic is clear, there's three on the right with slippage on the left. That's three strikes I see. Is this an eye contest?... I don't have my eyeglasses on.. but really, I go back for a second look, it's still three!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A larger area shot would be helpful. Since I see nothing on the star point or leg of 1 digit, this appears to be one strike with some serious Die Deterioration. |
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New Member
 United States
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Unfortunately the limit on what I can upload to provide you with a larger area view will not allow me to post the whole image and piecing together a bunch of small images would be a pain... Here are 2 photos of the coin... and the entire scan re-sized for upload... all of the obverse. If you want I can email you the super hi-res scan of the entire coin...    Does it look like this coin was struck with a seriously deteriorated die? Edited by DAEM
09/19/2009 4:31 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I think the obverse die strikes the denticles and not the collar.
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New Member
United States
30 Posts |
more scan images moving clockwise from the "M" in Unum    Whats the deal with the edge and where the reeding starts? Edited by DAEM
09/19/2009 5:51 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Philippines
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DAEM I'm impressed by your magnified photo shots, the lighting and close up detail shown for the coin edge is superb. Even the surface texture stands out. May I inquire the camera brand or what equipment you used?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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DAEM, What your seeing is die wear. The denticles seem to take the most abuse during the striking life of the die. Fast forward 20 years and you will see the same problem still existed. 1921.  Now back 20 years. What I want you to notice here is the length of the denticles and the polishing lines.  Your coin appears to be an early die state without any polishing yet to clean up the die yet. This is just a fact of life with the Morgan dollars. |
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Pillar of the Community
Philippines
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WoW.. That is some close-up shot!
MorgansRmine - What camera brand/model or equipment are you using? Thanks!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The problem with those photos is they remind me of my last visit to my Dentist. Those look like my X-ray shots of my molars. They too appear doubled.  Nice photos but I agree with the die wear. |
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Pillar of the Community
Philippines
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 ... nice molars... but more on a sober basis, I would agree, on second thought, yes - Die Deterioration, as a triple strike would probably affect other parts also and not only the "denticles" |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nic, these were shot with a QX5, diffused lighting, coin at slight angle to further spread the lighting at 60x.
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Pillar of the Community
Philippines
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Thanks MorgansRmine, copy QX5, sorry but am not familiar with that model of any type brand, will try and google it. Thanks again for the reply
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