Looks like a great lamination crack. Wait for @paddyman98 and others to give their opinions
Please continue threads like these occasionally, they are a great learning tool for us newcomers
Details on the devices look too flat and mushy apart from near the edge to be just cleaned, Is it from an overpolished die?
To most, a nice example of an average coin. To me something to be treasured forever. This 1942 Walking Liberty was chosen by my Father from a coin...
Very interesting post @Paddy54 thanks
Normally if the hairlines that show over the devices as well as over the fields it is evidence of rubbing with something over 1 direction to...
Sorry, read it recently on here or Vamworld
Was it @Insider who said a more accurate description is die cleaning? So as not to be confused with polishing which is done before striking proofs.
The '62 as the diagonal parallel lines go over the devices as well
No problem, look forward to seeing the fotos
I did warn you,lol. The Vam number applies to the coin as a whole, not separate ones for obv and rev. A lot of coins have identifying features on...
I would like to point out that I am by no means an expert on this subject, but I do have a number of Morgan and Peace dollars which i enjoy trying...
Vam number attribution can take some time and become quite addictive. There are quite a number that apply to the clashed shoulder. You need to...
The reverse seems to show spike clashes at the eagle's right shoulder. Check the attribution pages for Peace dollars by date, then click on...
It's right there by the end of the eagle's wing feathers. S for San Francisco
As @Paddy54 stated, the area(s) in question can often be analysed differently or more accurately when the entire obv/rev can be seen.
Does it have a MM and can you show a full reverse please
I wasn't going to reply to this as I have no opinion or experience of affairs of state of the USA as I am an English expat living in Spain. I was...
Thankyou, as I said in the OP, couldn't be a RPM as it would be listed somewhere, but it is nice to have a reason behind the oddities so it can be...
Thanks. The only doubling on the reverse is slight on the eagles right shoulder, top of head and along with the large die break on the obverse...
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