I'm looking at this SLQ and after viewing this one and a few others of similar quality, I've come to believe that their is a variety in this series where the 'O' in "OF" seems to be a variety and not a contact mark. Anyone have any insight into this? Ruben
I certainly don't have any insight on 1917 varieties as I've never noticed a difference. Type 1 or Type 2, that's as far as my knowledge base goes. Are you saying that there may be varieties of the T-1? Maybe if you posted two different ones in one pic side by side maybe someone else will see what your talking about as there are plenty of SLQ experts on this forum.:thumb:
Obverse differences between the 1916 & 1917 type 1 and 2 Reverse differences between the 1917 Type 1 and 2.
Yeah - Was trying to do that last night, and maybe I'll get a chance to do this today. But I've felt I've seen the same coin numerous times because of two specific bag marks, and then when viewing them closely, I had then seen that they have different other marks. They all have absolutely hammered Eagles on the reverse, which is rare do to the fact that the reverse is the anvil side of the coin, and they all have the mark on the 'O'. This leads me to think it is a die state variety during a specific run of coins, perhaps on a specific press. Ruben
Ruben, Cline lists no die variety for what you are describing. However, the text is over a decade old. As you know I am not a variety junkie but my 1917 T1 does not have the marks you describe. PS, I think there are new rules about using the word expert on this forum. From now on we refer to them as dudes who know stuff.
Paul - yours might be a different variety. It has a soft eagle, especially around the breast. Cruze Hertigae and look at the ones that have a stronger reverse strike and I bet you find a pattern.
The type 1 in my collection is a D-mint so I can't help. Interesting thought though. Perhaps, and I'm only thinking out loud here, that it's some type of strike-through? This makes a bit more sense to me.
Something stuck in the die that is "struck through" -- it remains on the die for several strikes and appears as incuse on the struck coin. In this case, something stuck inside the die's O (remember, the O is incuse on the die and therefore likely to "catch" any foreign objects). Sometimes it's a piece of metal, sometimes it's a thread, sometimes it's grease.
I see what you mean. This is a different example - see the O on this one. There seems to be a definite pattern.
No offense, but I need much better pics to hazard a guess. Could be a number of things. I like strikethrough to start with, but I wouldn't think you'd be able to find so many examples of one strikethrough.
