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<p>[QUOTE="Kevin Mader, post: 3782127, member: 106826"]Gayland - as noted what you are seeing on your coin is a common effect from overworked and over polished dies. If you look at a condition/issue you may want to consider how it came to be. Some reverse thinking is needed as the image/lettering/date are opposite (backwards, relief/incuse). On an new die the periphery is sharp, fields flat, lettering/dates sharp and have full relief/incuse devices. As the die ages these become weaker and less defined. Edges become rounded and fields less flat. Compound that with some attempts to remove clashes and grease, a heavy handed mint worker can exacerbate the die state. But production quotas have to be met. Worn tools may be used late in their life producing coins that look like yours. A MS coin in an early die state is more defined than an MS coin in a very late die state. Finding a DD is easier to confirm on early strikes from either die state but more so on an EDS specimen than a VLDS specimen. But with time and study it can be done.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kevin Mader, post: 3782127, member: 106826"]Gayland - as noted what you are seeing on your coin is a common effect from overworked and over polished dies. If you look at a condition/issue you may want to consider how it came to be. Some reverse thinking is needed as the image/lettering/date are opposite (backwards, relief/incuse). On an new die the periphery is sharp, fields flat, lettering/dates sharp and have full relief/incuse devices. As the die ages these become weaker and less defined. Edges become rounded and fields less flat. Compound that with some attempts to remove clashes and grease, a heavy handed mint worker can exacerbate the die state. But production quotas have to be met. Worn tools may be used late in their life producing coins that look like yours. A MS coin in an early die state is more defined than an MS coin in a very late die state. Finding a DD is easier to confirm on early strikes from either die state but more so on an EDS specimen than a VLDS specimen. But with time and study it can be done.[/QUOTE]
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