Could this be a uniface coin?javascript: enlarge_gallery('gallery', 'http://byersnc.com/inventory/60033847e.jpg', 'http://byersnc.com/inventory/60033847m.jpg');
To be honest - dunno. One of the error guys will come along soon enough and be able to tell you though.
Hi, I think that is bad terminlogy , even if used by PCGS. Uniface usually refers to a pattern or a token or something that is intentionally struck with details only on one side. The other side is left blank and is a normal part of a uniface design. This coin looks like it was either struck through a later stage capped die or a ton of grease. Bill
It's most likely a capped die strike, although a heavy grease strike is also possible. It's not an in-collar uniface strike because you've got a ghost of Lincoln bleeding through but no incuse ghost of the Memorial. Also a uniface strike doesn't have the well-developed rim we see here.
Doesn't look like a capped die, there's no distortion of Lincoln's bust, and it's not reversed. Struch through (lots of) grease, maybe? Or maybe the obverse die was poorly seated.
LATE stage capped die. The metal covering the face of the obverse die has been pounded so thin that the traces of the Memorial are gone and the design on the covered die face is just starting to show though the cap. In an earlier stage you would have seen an enlarged distorted and reversed image of the Memorial design. In an even later stage the metal of the cap will be pounded so thin that the design of the obverse will show clearly but with just a slight blurriness to the detail.
