I just found this in a roll. I'm looking for the exact term(s) to look to s see if I can find something specific from Coneca et al. Is it a die adjustment strike? Thanks.
The reeding is there. I was reading a PDF from CONECA last night, and that is what it pointed to it being.
looks like it was struck with a grease filled die. if this was a die adjustment strike the letters along the edge would all have close to the same weakness in the strike.
Given the presence of normal reeding and the normal design rim, I would lean towards grease filled dies on this one rather than a weak strike.
This is all so very confusing. One piece of literature contradicts the other so often, who is supposed to know? CONECA and some others (literature, not posts) say things such as, "There are some known coin striking issues that can result in an almost blank planchet with reeded edges. If you see a faint, but very blurry or weak impression on the planchet, it might be a die adjustment strike...". Several others say very similar things. This happens so frequently ('It means this... but not really'), it exasperating.
It's the reeded edges AND the full design rim that makes me think it's not a weak strike. Remember that the design rim comes from the strike and would therefor also be weak if the strike were weak.
