@paddyman98 BTW... He was OUT AND OUT WRONG on the 1770 coin I posted here. God I hope he is not the real Fred Weinburg, because this guy is not...
@paddyman98 he got exactly what he deserved... The only time he comments is to be negative. @paddyman98 Thanks for confirming that I am not the...
@Fred Weinberg WOW.... what a cop out... sure it is corroded, but that does not explain the bulge in the coin... Is it your job on this site to...
@Fred Weinberg Disagree how? Please explain how this bulge could appear POST minting.... I dont think you can... It is there... it is not...
@paddyman98 Ok, I will try to find an older example, but, are you trying to say that dies did not fail in the old days? SOMETHING..... is there...
and then there is this..... Die subsidence (sunken die error) (ES July/August 2004, Nov/Dec 2004; CW 6/2/03, 11/29/04 3/12/12) g., 1924-S...
As I understand it, it is when the die has been so used that it fails from fatigue without cracking.... cracking would make a die break... See...
I am assuming the "bulge" on the obverse at 9 oclock is from a collapsed die, anyone agree or disagree?[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
https://coins.ha.com/itm/colonials/1787-copper-vermont-copper-bust-right-nova-constellatio-overstrike-rr-12-bressett-11-k-w-2110-high-r3-xf45-ngc-c...
and more examples of the same die cracks and mark on the reverse at noon......
AND the exact same two die cracks at 8 and 9 oclock on the obverse...
@Badger Mint WOW, the reverse has that same mark at noon that my coin does.... Thanks, this sure looks like a similar one, though I cant find...
@halfcent1793 (I have a half cent from 1793 BTW) I think it is a Nova coin based on the shape of the rays.
I think the date is on the edge of the coin, though, if missing... was it milled off?
Good Morning All Interesting coin. Die crack on Obc at 8 oclock, and the Reverse shows the impression of a Nova Constellatio coin.... I can see...
@l.cutler Many thanks to you BTW.... did you just whip that up out of your head?
I think you nailed it....
One note to add.... in the scan you can see the stem in the R more clearly than in the hand... it looks more like AUCTOPI in hand.. maybe that is...
One of the things to do with CT coppers is attribute them using the Miller book. Well... I have the Miller book but this coin is escaping me.......
That or something like that was what I was guessing.
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