Best wishes @kanga on your special day! ~Chris
I'll try not to make the analogy so difficult. Pareidolia is like looking at the clouds and seeing a rabbit.
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It looks like die deterioration to me.
Ditto!
Pareidolia is like looking at the clouds and spotting an aircraft carrier.
One of our members, John Baumgart, @messydesk has a service for attributing VAM's. Variety Slabbing Service (varslab.com)
Mr. P., it's getting close to New Years Eve and he knows that he won't be able to attend the party in NYC, so he is just having a little "Pre-New...
I have several Kennedy impaired proofs that I found in rolls.
The mintmarks were hand-punched into the working dies until 1990, so it cannot be a doubled die.
and my "seal of approval"! [ATTACH]
My favorite pickup in 1960, three years before I even had a license. The Ford F-100 three on the column was perfect for attending the occasional...
It takes about 130-150 tons of pressure to fully strike a Morgan dollar, so die cracks are pretty common. No, they don't affect the grade. Yes,...
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If the reverse is centered, it is called a Misaligned Die (MAD). They are pretty common and not worth a premium.
Nice medal! In my Forrer reference, Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, his full name is listed as Pierre Simon Benjamin Duvivier, 1728-1819....
I'm beginning to feel like it's a waste of time trying to help you. You don't even respond to some of the comments posted on your other threads....
You have to keep an open mind when you're searching circulated coins. You could search one billion coins and find one billion different anomalies...
It looks like a scratch to me.
Welcome to the neighborhood, First Sergeant! Thank you for your service.
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