I was trying to line up the wig features (inverted/reversed) but it didn’t seem to ‘fit’.
I hope you checked for DDOs for that date/mm. There's a pretty cool one there.
In an earlier post I asked Mark for confirmation that the detail was in relief and not incuse. It looked like it was in relief, so that would...
The lines do resemble the tree bark. The event appears in the center of the coin, which is the more typical position for Class 8 doubling. The...
Machine Damage that has gained patina and softened a bit. This is a common area to find MD when it's on the profile.
Your images above are pretty good. The hope here is that the new photos might reveal something new. I'll be on the lookout for them.
I do see what you are seeing regarding the grooves N to S.
PS - not thinking a clash since the design appears related to the RDV and not the ODV.
I was wondering if it might have been a dropped element from one of the branches. I was trying to figure out from which cluster of branches since...
Is the design incuse? It kind of looks like the outer branch above FREEDOM.
Washer coin. I've made dozens of them.
I think most of us would have guessed which was which. Strong resemblance.
Especially adjacent to similar appearing damage.
Perhaps a combo. Tilted die and greaser. The irregular depth of the rim suggests a tilt and the missing details probably attributed to grease....
There's circulation damage, but there would be a berm I think if it were pushed material.
Looks like struck through. Interesting that it goes all the way to the collar.
I've found 2 nickels during CRH events. They get released to the wild occasionally and end up in a collector's hand.
I would randomly select a few rolls to sample the population you have there. If I didn't find anything of merit, I'd stop there.
Very nice picks!
I think you are right @potty dollar 1878 . When there's an option to buy several 'rare' coins, the angle makes me assume that they know that they...
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