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 Posted 05/25/2010  11:32 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Scooby Due to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
This one has all kinds of things going on with it. Educate me.

First, is this motto doubled?

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Second, look how "RTY" seems to have an extra layer of letters on it, as well as his hair curls.

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Third, is this just some kind of "pitting"?

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All caused by the same thing - die wear.
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Thanks Chuck. I figured as much but the "RTY" was new to me. Hadn't quite seen that kind of die wear before.
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Occasionally I run across the narratives on DD'd quarters that include descriptions of thick/fat lettering. I dont know enough about quarters to ever discern whether these extra fat letters are dd'd or die wear. There sure are a lot of them, though.

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The pitting around the chin and base of the bust is a hallmark sign of die wear/erosion.
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