Hello, first post so I hope I chose the correct forum for this. I just picked up a lot of what the seller called splashers/die trials on eBay. However, I could find nothing on these for Ikes and Kennedies (other than the '64 Kennedy which I believe is listed in Pollock). Anyways, I was hoping someone could shed some light on the authenticity or any other information. Thanks in advance for any help.
I haven't heard or saw that shape as trails for any coins, but it's so similar to some people who like to melt them. It looks like it was torched and stopped when it being half melt.
Splashers are usually made in lead and you would see the full imprint of the die along with a blank or raised areas on the outside of the impression . These are not splashers but something someone made . Here's a link of a real splasher . http://www.byersnc.com/50244050.html
Not die trails. I own a 1972-S Die Trails Ike. Only one other year has produced die trails and that is the 74-D. traildies.com has more info. I agree, these look melted...
You're mostly right but there have been others look at the link in my post # 4 , as most splashers are from foreign countries not the US . The dead giveaway are the rounded edges , think of a splasher as how the used to seal important letters with a wax seal . They would look like a wax seal imprinted with ring along with raised edges where the wax flowed up and away from the die , only that splashers were usually done in lead .
