UPDATE: Confirmed - Polished Damaged (Clashed) Die.
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Monday, September 15, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
1990 D RD - Post-Strike Plier Dmg [U]
UPDATE: After some back and forth on the coincommunity.com forums and closer investigation of the edge showed a slight bulge, I'm 99.9% convinced this was post-strike damage using some sort of plier device.
The idented areas are on this nearly line up back to front, but do not exactly. The cut looks similar to what I've seen on struck-through rim-burrs, but I never seen one that occured on both sides like this. Here are what I see as options:
1. Defective Blank - the blank had a wedge of metal missing from it for some reason and the metal flow during the strike was not able to fully close it and fill it in.
2. Some type of strike-through, though I'm not sure what would cause a slightly mis-aligned similar gouge on both sides of the coins.
3. Post-strike damage. I'm least confident in this because the features of the gouge indicate this defect occur pre-strike or during the strike instead of after.
The idented areas are on this nearly line up back to front, but do not exactly. The cut looks similar to what I've seen on struck-through rim-burrs, but I never seen one that occured on both sides like this. Here are what I see as options:
1. Defective Blank - the blank had a wedge of metal missing from it for some reason and the metal flow during the strike was not able to fully close it and fill it in.
2. Some type of strike-through, though I'm not sure what would cause a slightly mis-aligned similar gouge on both sides of the coins.
3. Post-strike damage. I'm least confident in this because the features of the gouge indicate this defect occur pre-strike or during the strike instead of after.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
1963 D BHD - Suspect Doubling [U]
Friday, July 4, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
1973D KHD - DDO (RePhotographed)
Foiled by Light! [U]
UPDATE: Well not necessarily 'foiled' by light, more like a 'lesson learned' that how you light a coin can determine how well a coin's variety can be seen and sometimes may give an impression of doubling that may not necessarily be there or is so minor it's not worth getting excited about. I tried a few other lighting techniques after these photos were taken and I've come to the concensus that the 1971D and 1973P's are not DDOs, but that the 1973D 99% likely is.
1971 D KHD
1973 P KHD
1973 P KHD (#2)
1973 D KHD
1971 D KHD
1973 P KHD
1973 P KHD (#2)
1973 D KHD
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Am I seeing things? [U]
UPDATE: It's not unanimous whether these coins are DDO or not, but regardless if it is a DDO and that is notching we see, it's so minor that it's not worth getting excited about.
Ok this is getting a bit ridiculous, two more Kennedy halves showing notching on "IN GOD" - these shots are of two 1973 P halves from the SAME ROLL. Perhaps there's some master doubling on this year?
1973 P KHD - #1
1973 P KHD - #2
Ok this is getting a bit ridiculous, two more Kennedy halves showing notching on "IN GOD" - these shots are of two 1973 P halves from the SAME ROLL. Perhaps there's some master doubling on this year?
1973 P KHD - #1
1973 P KHD - #2
1998D KHD - Struck Through Rim Burr [U]
1971D KHD - DDO [U]
UPDATE: It's not unanimous whether this coin is a DDO or not, but regardless if it is a DDO and that is notching we see, it's so minor that it's not worth getting excited about.
I think i just found a second KHD doubled die in the same day after never finding one before and searching through around $40,000 in halves. Doubling looks most evident in the 7 of the date.
I think i just found a second KHD doubled die in the same day after never finding one before and searching through around $40,000 in halves. Doubling looks most evident in the 7 of the date.
1973D KHD - DDO [U]
UPDATE: The lighting may have played a part in the notching we see here so I relit it a couple of different ways and tooks some additional photographs. See later posts for an update.
Pretty positive on this one since the notching is extremely evident on the "IN GOD". Only reason I doubt myself is because the doubling on "WE TRUST" is not as strong as on the example in my cherrypicker's guide - but this could possibly be a late die state.
Pretty positive on this one since the notching is extremely evident on the "IN GOD". Only reason I doubt myself is because the doubling on "WE TRUST" is not as strong as on the example in my cherrypicker's guide - but this could possibly be a late die state.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
2000D KHD - Struck Through Grease [U]
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
1971D KHD - DDD [U]
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