This is a 1935 Walking Liberty half dollar which has damage on the U in E. Pluribus. It almost looks like a die error, like the left side of the U was mashed out of place, maybe by a die chip? I understand it could also be PMD. What do ya'll think? Also, there's this interesting damage on the rim which could almost be a little piece of a U, maybe from another coin. Or am I just seeing things?? Either way, it's fun searching.
Oh, that's for sure! I've been having very good results selling lots of silver on e-bay. That's what got me started digging out old coins and looking at them closely. It's very interesting to see all the different errors. I'm pretty sure you're right about this one being PMD, but there's something about that U that I find intriguing. Thx for the response.
PMD on both. A die-chip would add material. A filled in "U" would qualify, but here it's just been pushed in. Same with the mark on the edge, the metal was pushed (damaged) after striking.
Thanks for the comment in the photos. To take these pics, I used a regular Canon Powershot SD800 - just a little camera that fits in my pocket. I used the 'macro' setting, which lets me get in pretty close. Then I moved the pic to the computer, opened it with Microsoft Picture Manager (it comes with MS Office). I zoomed in a little, then use the Snipping Tool to grab just the part I wanted to show, so the file size would be small. Sounds like a lot of trouble, but really isn't. I'm learning about the differences in light. Three of those pics were taken under a florescent lamp. The other one, with the brownish look, was also under the florescent lamp, but I forgot to turn off the nearby adjacent incandescent lamp.
