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Rest in Peace
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Interesting looking MM. Any ideas ?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Is that lower horizontal area raised ? (lower curl)
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Pillar of the Community
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If so, it could be a good sized die chip and that may be enough to have caused Machine Doubling. |
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Rest in Peace
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Yes, that lower part above the bottom arc of the S is raised.
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Moderator
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Could it be an S over a horizontal D? John1  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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That's a thought John. Is there such a critter ?
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I don't know, let's wait for the big guns to chime in. John1 |
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Pillar of the Community
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numismo: Very interesting mint mark! I'm with John1 on this: Time to break out the  in anticipation of what this mint mark really is from the experts. Edited by chuckster 125
11/10/2009 4:53 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Try getting images rotating the coin. It could be a die dent or a die crack. I can't really tell if the area is raised or just a line from a die crack. So images might help. The different angles of lighting will help.
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Rest in Peace
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looks like the mint mark took a hit on the mid left area of the mint mark and the Mark above the lower serif could be a die crack or scratch on the die. On the last image you can follow where the line goes NE. I think it is a die scratch though. The area where the die scratch was more in the field seems to have flattened, but next to the devices it remains strong. Interesting set of images.
1 & 2 show marks on the lower serif and the west edge of the mint mark. 3 & 4 do not show this as strong. The die scratch only appears on the last image. See how looking at different angles show something different. That is just what I see, someone may add or confirm if they like.
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Pillar of the Community
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The other images confirm that it is not an RPM but some kind of damage along the lines that coop suggests.
Thanks,
Bill
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