Silly question maybe, but is this simply die deterioration?

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I think the dissapearing unum is simply a filled die.

 

I don't know, who cares? Maybe a weak strike. Forget about it, it's a nice coin!

 

The E in UNITED is quite soft also. Struck Through Debris.

 

My first thought was strike through as well, but then the whole design is weak and has the die deterioration visible...

Maybe both?

 

Almost looks like a rusted die, between the letters and dentils.

 

Crazy looking coin. Solid MS64 IMO.

 

On both sides. Details of the devices are all muddied up.

 

My gut feeling was a modern Chinese fake, but the diagnostic on those is a gap in the upper ear where the detail is missing due to the lower relief. I think I see the detail in the ear of yours @C-B-D. I’m leaning towards heavily-deteriorated die.



Here’s pics of a genuine coin I took under similar lighting conditions.

 

Looks like a heavily worn die to me.

 

Yup, that is just struck from a tired old die. The disappearing letters, mushy stars, bloated details... characteristic of an old die.

Kind of interesting, but that weird effect around the edge just inside of the dentils is also due to a worn out old die.

 

Those cuts above her eye don't look like no coin did that