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<p>[QUOTE="Collecting Nut, post: 3266752, member: 74863"]<font size="4">These are not my photos but they show the difference in the Designers Initials. The error (re-engraved) is FS-901.</font></p><p><b><font size="6"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font size="6">Die Errors:</font></b></p><p><font size="6"><b>Die Re-touching:</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>Re-engraved <b>Designer’s Initials (“AW”) on a 1944-D </b></b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b><b>Half Dollar</b></b></font></p><p>Definition: A crude attempt was made to restore the designer’s initials on a reverse die that was striking 1944-D half dollars. It appears that a very small chisel-like implement was tapped numerous times so as to form an outline of the letters A and W. </p><p><br /></p><p>The original initials – raised on the die face – may have been removed by intentional die abrasion (“die polishing”).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]860642[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]860643[/ATTACH]</p><p>This is my coin. It's the best I can do with my cell phone. It gets blurry on close-ups. It is engraved and different from the normal coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]860653[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]860654[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collecting Nut, post: 3266752, member: 74863"][SIZE=4]These are not my photos but they show the difference in the Designers Initials. The error (re-engraved) is FS-901.[/SIZE] [B][SIZE=6] Die Errors:[/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=6][B]Die Re-touching:[/B] [B]Re-engraved [B]Designer’s Initials (“AW”) on a 1944-D [/B][/B] [B][B]Half Dollar[/B][/B][/SIZE] Definition: A crude attempt was made to restore the designer’s initials on a reverse die that was striking 1944-D half dollars. It appears that a very small chisel-like implement was tapped numerous times so as to form an outline of the letters A and W. The original initials – raised on the die face – may have been removed by intentional die abrasion (“die polishing”). [ATTACH=full]860642[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]860643[/ATTACH] This is my coin. It's the best I can do with my cell phone. It gets blurry on close-ups. It is engraved and different from the normal coin. [ATTACH=full]860653[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]860654[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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