'Scuse me folks - but does anyone wanna address this pic? Is that a counterstamp too on the eagle's head and breast? I'm DEFINITELY no expert, but THIS would make me wanna have someone well versed look at it.
I am not well versed, but it looks like a couterstamp with solder on top. PS My bad, did not realize it was the same coin.
this is damage done to the coin when someone pushed the A into the obverse side. when one side of a coin is damaged this also damages the opposite side.
That's right. A counterstamp is not an error. An error occurs somewhere in the minting process. A coin that has been counterstamped (or otherwise defaced) does not become an error.
That's great. Can you explain this - If the exact counterstamp created damage on both sides of the coin, how is it that the stems of the letter A on the reverse are pointing to the west and not north since the A is pointing SOUTH on the obverse? What about all those lines on the breast? They are not surrounding the A on the obverse. I do not understand.
the damage on the reverse side took on the shape of whatever the coin was resting on in this area when it was hit from the obverse side. the letter A may have also been placed there by a crimping tool and what we are seeing on the reverse may have been what the other side of the tool looked like.
Ok thanks. Don't mind me. Sometimes I get like that growling dog on the other end of a chew toy - I don't wanna let go.
