In much the same fashion as my last few posts, just trying to probe the community to see what exactly I'm looking at. It looks to me like doubling on the letters E, C, and A in America. Any opinions?
Please show the full obverse and full reverse of the coin and rhe close up and question. It could be a plating blister if dated post 1982. Also post full sized pictures instead of thumbnails as it makes it easier and better viewing for the rest of us trying to evaluate the coin. Good luck and happy hunting.
Those are thumbnails, hit the button next to that one that says full sized...but those are definitely better
Ah thank you for the clarification! I'm navigating this all from mobile so it's easy for me to miss things like that. Let's try again!
What you will notice on many of the 80's coinage is that a circumferential ridge appears as the dies enter the later die stages.
No, you are not crazy (that I know of ). Some of the ridges you will see from the 80s are quite extreme. You will note that for certain decades, they ran the heck out of the dies, almost beyond their usefulness. 50s were also notorious for running the dies hard; many die breaks and chips...die deterioration. You may want to set aside specimens for reference as you CRH.
Of course! I have set aside every coin I have posted and received an answer about just for that purpose. This forum and the people on it have been a ton of help so far .
