What do you guys think of this one? http://www.wscoin.com/index.php?v=pr&id=11681&cmid=9&tid=1&cid=56&src=1&page=2 Is that Talon hair? Ruben
Haven't heard of Talon Hair... but I was reading this weekend about Talon Head. What do you think about this? Do you see it? Was really excited when I saw this.
Ruben, thanks for challenging me to do this, because I kept on thinking that I don't know how to do that. It wasn't that I didn't know HOW to do it, I just didn't know where to do it.... but I found it and thanks to you I have learned something new. Thanks.
According to the IKE Groups website, the Talon Head die clash is the largest and strongest in the series. Per the IKE Groups website.... "The Talon image is created by a nubbin on the reverse die that clashes with Ike’s temple on the obverse die. Possibly unique to modern coins, this reverse die nubbin (which on the struck coin is the deep declivity between the Eagle’s legs) rises above the field on the die so it can reach into Ike’s temple and make an image there when the dies clash." This is the fun part... now I need to figure out what the heck all that means. What makes this interesting is that several members of the IKE group put together a three-grade system to describe the intensity of the clash. Per the members of the group: Grade A means thatit jumps off the coin, sharp, crisp and complete. Grade B means viewable at most viewing angles and at least midsize. Grade C means viewable at a "just right" angle and is tiny. I believe that the one above would be considered Grade A since it really jumps off the coin and can be viewed at all angles. I found this coin in my album that I had put together years ago. This now makes 3 varieties that I have pulled out of the album. Still haven't completely gone through it so who knows how many are still waiting to be found.
WOW....You guys made me take out my album and check my IKE....Thanks for the interesting info Ruben and Joe.:bow: BTW Does Talon Head brings any added premium to the value of the coin?
well a nibbin is a small ear of corn so in this case I guess it means a small piece of metal that comes over the fields of the coin. When it strikes a coin it makes a deep grove. In a die class that reverses and shows as a bump, i believe. Ruben
