You coin pros may examine this speciman, I question how one portion of lettering could be doubled so badly? Thanks, ozarktravler
I was thinking the same thing Hobo but you beat me to it. And as Frank asked earlier, I'd like to know the year also, just out of curiosity.
close-up , double die @ UNITED appology delayed reply, out of town for bussiness this weekend. Will have to access the coin ( bank deposit box) can't remember exact date, Double die coin in pic was purchased of large lot(bag) circulated silver dolars. If , a china speciman, in which several collectors were TAKEN... , is it a double die error? thanks, ozarktravler
If it were doubling, I don't think you'd see such a dramtic case focused in one area, and then non-existent everywhere else. I have the Mint Errors book and don't recall seeing that anywhere. Just thinking how the hub and die process would work, I can't think of how this could happen. There are much better people on this board regarding errors than me. I also think I see cast marks in the last A in America. It's not looking good for originality. But if it is a cast copy, then that rules out the doublestrike. Have you weighed the coin?
That is a well known chinese fake and it may come with more than one obv date. Most likely hat happened was when they were placing the "mother coin" into the casting material they were using to make the mold they made the dies from they placed that first edge in, stopped, repositioned, and then finished setting in the coin.
