OK Shield Nickel Experts...1880 Question

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Chancellor Sutler Pillar of the Community United States 1372 Posts	Posted 03/31/2010 11:31 pm I was looking at this coin again tonight, and this is the very first time that I ever noticed the difference in the sizes of the dots on either side of "CENTS"....hmmm. I know that the only die pairing that PCGS will certify as a business strike has the die chip near "STATES", but does anybody know about this specific reverse die? Seems this is a diagnostic that should be really easy to find another example of at Heritage....but not so far. Could this simply be caused by uneven strike pressure? If that's the case....doesn't that fly in the face of the very premise of a proof...which is presumably to produce a coin (for collectors) that's as close to perfect as possible? The coin has proof-like surfaces, but that's no surprise since the same dies used to strike 4,000 proofs....were used to strike 16,000 business strikes. Chance Report this Post to the Staff

AMFCook Valued Member United States 312 Posts	Posted 04/01/2010 11:35 am That's possible, but it would be uneven elsewhere on the same side of the coin I think. But the rest of the reverse looks even and strong to me. Report this Post to the Staff
Chancellor Sutler Pillar of the Community United States 1372 Posts	Posted 04/01/2010 12:39 pm I'm going to see how many coins I can find that were struck with this reverse die....and am having better luck today. Here's one...PR62 http://coins.ha.com/common/view_ite...=7250&src=pr ...and here's one ANACS certified as a business strike...which used the same reverse die. http://coins.ha.com/common/view_ite...src=pr#Photo Chance Edited by Chancellor Sutler 04/01/2010 12:44 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 04/01/2010 2:32 pm To me it looks like the reverse has weak areas due to excessive die polishing. Report this Post to the Staff
Chancellor Sutler Pillar of the Community United States 1372 Posts	Posted 04/01/2010 2:41 pm HI Conder......Good to "see" you. I think it's interesting that I was able to find 2 examples, 1 certified as a proof, and 1 certified as a business strike from the same reverse die. Maybe I should send this coin to ANACS. If what Rich Uhrich tells me is true...and why wouldn't it be...PCGS won't slab anything without that die chip by the "T" in States as a business strike, but I have found 3 such anacs coins certified as business strikes. I don't now how old the slabs are, but they seem like my best shot. Chance Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 04/02/2010 08:11 am Probably not too surprising since the used the proof dies to strike business strikes. Report this Post to the Staff
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