Could be a die crack, but it looks more like a strike through. Really cool coin. Unusual and really neat!!!
Are you serious MD? You must be joking as I know you know Morgan's better than that. Hell, I wish it was a crack rather than a wire strikethrough. It would be THE longest and widest crack in the entire series
Yeah, just pulling your leg. A die crack like that would have taken down the entire press! Great strike through, though.
What's your guys' guess on what it would go for raw, I'm thinking $200 +/- Off the top of my head. Does that sound about right? Might get it slabbed. It's an easy 64 and a technical 65 if the strikethrough won't effect grade. I'm not sure if a large strikethrough like this in the focal area prevents anything above 64 though
You probably aren't far off price wise. I do think it is neat. Slabbing would probably add liquidity to the piece, but then again, with error attribution fees and stuff, it would eat up a significant portion of its value. I would probably keep it raw and enjoy it as something unusual and interesting.
Need to get it outta that 2x2 for imaging. Is it me, or did the strikethrough affect the quality of the strike on the reverse? The breast looks sort of absent, but I don't know if that's just the cello.
Nope not the cello. That's either a separate strikethrough or the obverse strikethrough effected that area
My guess is that it was a thick wire and impeded the ability of the reverse die to produce a full strike.
I'm wondering about the mechanics of that in my head (I can't concentrate on nuthin' tonight ). The affected area of the reverse is opposite the ear/hair where the strikethrough is weakest, and intuitively it seems if anything a strikethrough would tend to help the reverse, not hinder it.