Check out this one - the reverse is almost the same with the lettering and rim issues on the right reverse....even the A is filled in......
Thoughts? Look at those stars...
Better scans
looks like the scans are hiding the clashes too - i need to post some other pics with some lighting and angles....its crazy...
thoughts on grade? this variety is marked by the most ridiculous die clashes I think exist on any US Coin. Curious how to differentiate things...
Thanks for all the activity! Appreciate everyone's insight! So not a bad find for $600 or so despite some damage? Still a very pretty coin and...
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I didn't buy it from Stacks - I found it unattributed I don't know what it adds - I know the 4 is r-5 and then it says this die state is...
The language is so hard to follow, I mess it up a lot so I am excited I got to be right for once ;-) I really appreciate your going back and...
I think that's incorrect - I have heard of terminal die state, when it's full of cracks and about to bust apart, but I have never heard of...
What's the difference between stage and state?
Ok it's is confusing to me because they use the work "die states" and then list them out....
Picked it up at an auction https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/1-1F1YH Here is another on with the same wear spots on the back
Yes that is the one they graded au50 Every single browning 4 with the die state iii at least the handful I can find have the exact same spot that...
From the link Die States: I. Light crack, rim to top of first S. II. Small rim breaks above O and F. III. Heavy cracks from rim through lower...
It's a weak strike not a wear spot - check the image link above to the 2 browning 4 that pcgs has pictured... Look at the date on my coin, the...
Hello folks. Trying to figure out what to do here. Got the grades back on some coins, I posted this one a few weeks ago. Grade came back F...
Or a cracked planchet that the mint tried to fix after the strike?
You can kind of see something coming apart on this on the top of this one http://www.richuhrichcoins.com/img/coins/combined/641.jpg Which is...
or did the mint try to repair the die and use it again?
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