It's another form of machine doubling. I've seen this many times while searching cents. [img] Very slight die movement during/after the strike...
It could have been worse: [img] The extra space is the key between the digits.
Proof coins can take NO abrasion without consequences. IF you dip these in any substance, then pat dry, do not rub. The mirror finish with be ruined.
Experiment on common coins from circulation FIRST! Then think before doing anything to a real nice coin. What you do to a coin now may/will...
The dies move during the strike and push the devices one way or another. Just a damaged coin. It happens a lot.
The extreme machine doubling can be found on the 1968-1971 cents. With the devices doubled and the mint mark doubled makes me come to that...
With the right program and a lot of imagination you can edit photo's to look like this: [img] Not my image, but I edited it to make the...
Re-size your images and see what happens. Always promising when you can get images too large. Better than images that are too small.
The 1779 looks like a colonial circulated coins before the U.S. Mint started making coins in 1793.
Years ago the silver coin were sanded/polished to remove one edge of a coin to make a love token. It may symbolize a date someone may have wanted...
Appears to have heavy die flow in the fields toward the rim. It is probably die deterioration. Devices enlarge as wear affect them.
Here is another common bleeding that happens on bills when wrapped or rubber banded together: [img]
A discovery piece doubled die for 2002-D. So far only two have been found so far. [img] [img]
Sounds like some one should ask a question to get a thread started on error coins?
It's not a weak strike. The gutter next to the rims is shaped. That area would be weak on a weak/trial strike. [img] [img] [img]
http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/coop49/1916-1917_STANDING_LIBERTY_DIFFERENCES_BREAST.jpg...
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MS-63. A few contact marks on this coin. But a still GREAT coin.
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