As others have remarked, it was struck with a pair of fake dies fabricated from a relatively soft metal.
"Die fatigue", "die wear", "die deterioration", and "late-die state" all refer to the same thing -- a die that's approaching the end of its useful...
The coin appears to have been struck fully within the collar. What you've got is a minor misaligned die. So minor that it falls within...
Awesome, indeed. It may be that you have a massive dropped filling. In fact, it's more than likely seeing as the obverse was struck through a...
Hello. I was trying to do some inventory of my Father's collection (it is pretty much futile) and I came across a few cents that were in...
I really don't understand your scenario. I don't know what "kicking out" means. You guys have fun with it. I'm done.
As I mentioned earlier, not all "experts" regard machine doubling as "damage" or as worthless. Count me as a dissenter. Severe cases of machine...
Herbert's right on most things. It's just here and there he provides inaccurate information or unsupported speculation. For example, the whole...
What I can tell you is that the incuse doubling generally occurs (and is most evident) where the normal raised design intersects a swollen area on...
Herbert is indeed wrong on this, as he is on a number of other issues (e.g., "jam strikes"). All of the examples he has floated as examples of...
Since zinc is a soft metal, you wouldn't expect to affect the dies so seriously. My suspicion is that zinc displays variable visco-elastic...
Quite different, although they're both related to die fatigue. The "poorman's double die" is raised while the doubling on this zinc cent is...
The "poorman's double die" is an example of die deterioration doubling. It is not due to machine doubling and is not due to die polishing...
Very well, then. Since you've stopped shouting and cussing, I am quite willing to apologize for an unusually blunt reply. Here's the deal. The...
I will admit that I was a bit blunt in my rebuttal. But I do not respond to shouting or cartoon profanities.
The doubling is definitely incuse (I've seen many like it). There is no expansion of the normal, raised number. There is no flattening of the...
Your explanation is not valid. Nobody really understands the formation of the incuse numbers. But it's clearly related to die fatigue.
No it doesn't represent "design creep", which is a very rare phenomenon. It's just the kind of peculiar die deterioration frequently seen on zinc...
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