There's nothing "wierd" about this alteration. It's a perfectly representative example of a vise job (a.k.a. hammer job, squeeze job, smash job,...
I have a hunch that such errors are more common than anyone realizes. But the rims on these dimes and quarters are so thin, that the extra...
While rummaging through a container of minor errors, I found a 1979-D dime with RRDD involving the last few letters of LIBERTY. Years ago I had...
With the coin in hand I find I must retract my original conclusion that the extra letters on the rim represent die deterioration. It now appears...
It's just die deterioration.
It's not a manifestation of die abrasion. Intentional die abrasion is never directed at the die's rim gutter.
I sent you my e-mail address via "conversations". I supppose that's what they use for privagte messaging here? By the way, I've seen this effect...
It looks like a peculiar form of die wear to me. But I can see why you'd mistake it for RRDD. However, if it was RRDD, the letters would be most...
As nearly everyone has correctly concluded, this coin is covered with glue or epoxy. Some coins left their impressions in the glue before it set.
You can start here: http://www.coinworld.com/articles/capped-die-strikes-feature-mixture-of-incuse-
This cent was struck through the detached bottom of a late-stage die cap. The incuse, normally-oriented obverse design elements demonstrate that...
There also appears to be glue on the obverse, between Washington's head and the M of AMERICA. I also seem to detect a bubble within the dried glue.
You'll notice that the the upper portion of the pine tree on the far right seems completely normal despite the fact that it is overlain by one of...
I agree with the contingent that argues that the imperfections represent dried glue.
Here's a link to the NGC-slabbed fake: http://www.coinworld.com/articles/certified-struck-fragment-incompatible-with-m A particularly...
As you say, Bill, if there is a rash of in-collar double struck buffalo nickels with approximately the same amount of rotation and with a weak...
Just for reference purposes, you can see a very weak second strike that followed a normal first strike here:...
All I see is erratic die damage on the reverse of this 1994 cent. Any resemblance to letters among the scattered impact scars is simply in the...
I see no obvious signs of fakery in this double-struck, Type I, 1913 buffalo nickel. When a second strike is slightly weaker than normal, you get...
Yes, Rascal, your Presidential dollar does have one-sided, rim-restricted design dupliction -- a form of machine doubling. It occurs on...
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