2000 D sacagawea dollar Q or O

Discussion in 'Error Coins' started by Avery G., Feb 12, 2020.

  1. Avery G.

    Avery G. Active Member

    On the reverse where the right wing crosses the "O" in of. It looks like a Q.

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  3. Woodman60

    Woodman60 Mercury Dimes Franklin Halves

    Thats the way it is, it's the way its minted
     
  4. thomas mozzillo

    thomas mozzillo Well-Known Member

  5. Avery G.

    Avery G. Active Member

    It's my pics if you say my coin look like the link you posted.
     
  6. thomas mozzillo

    thomas mozzillo Well-Known Member

  7. Oldhoopster

    Oldhoopster Member of the ANA since 1982

    @Avery G. The big question is: How could the mint put the wrong letter on a die? Answer: It can’t!! The mint does not punch individual letters into dies. They stopped this in the early 1800s.

    Remember, a working die is made from a working hub which is made from a master die, which all starts with a master hub. You can’t have a different letter on a working die if it isn’t on the master hub, and if it’s on the master hub, then EVERY die will be like that.

    Please take the time to study how dies are made. WWW.doubleddie.com has a good explanation and the Mint as well as the CoinWeek have educational videos (yes, these are a few youtube videos that are worth watching). This will help you understand the process and reduce the number if fantastical claims you’ve been making.
     
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  8. Clawcoins

    Clawcoins Damaging Coins Daily

    Yes. It does *look like* a Q.
    Your 3rd picture? .. can you show the coin's full face instead of zoomed in so much ... it doesn't even look like the same Sac Dollar.

    The Design of the coin has the wing crossing over the O. It does *look like* a Q .. but it's not, it's the wing crossing over the O. The wing is metal, as is the rest of the coin so it doesn't move around unless something hits it.

    Of course, A wing feather also crosses at the bottom of the F, which makes it kinda *look like* an E.

    This is part of the DESIGN. It was made to look exactly that way
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    Of course, through circulation etc this area can also get damaged. The feather could take a strike in the right spot to flatten a segment and make the O+Feather look even more like a Q.

    But if one knows the DESIGN of the coin, they can look at hit marks and know what damage is.

    Dies do not shape shift (excluding the obvious die deterioration) to other completely different designs.

    Can you provide a Full coin image of your 3rd picture of the "Q" from what ever coin that is?
    This is the picture we need to see the WHOLE coin for
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    because this looks like the Q on a Quarter.
     
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  9. Avery G.

    Avery G. Active Member

    If there is more than one die used for either the front or the back, then minute differences between each die can be identified. This is usually only for Early U.S. coins, as modern coin dies are made using computers, so unless there is an error coin die, all of the dies are identical(wikipedia). I am aware of the design being normal, but there is a raised almost triangle shape on the feather near the O. It is not incused. If it was incused then something struck it, but if it is raised then the feather was struck on top of it. Is the eagle image struck after the lettering? I was just using the quarter's image as a comparison. Lower right is the normal image.
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