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<p>[QUOTE="alurid, post: 4501452, member: 81991"]There is more than one type of Die Wear, One is wear from striking coins that affects detail sharpness and one is wear from the die being abraded. An abraded die will lose its low relief design details. This usually happens when dies are being cleaned to remove debris. The OP's coin remind me of the 1937 three legged buffalo nickel the way the tops of the legs are missing on it. </p><p>The missing neck looks more like it was caused by a debris filled die due the field under the neck or where the neck should be is not smooth and being of presumably higher relief than the tops of inner two legs. JMO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="alurid, post: 4501452, member: 81991"]There is more than one type of Die Wear, One is wear from striking coins that affects detail sharpness and one is wear from the die being abraded. An abraded die will lose its low relief design details. This usually happens when dies are being cleaned to remove debris. The OP's coin remind me of the 1937 three legged buffalo nickel the way the tops of the legs are missing on it. The missing neck looks more like it was caused by a debris filled die due the field under the neck or where the neck should be is not smooth and being of presumably higher relief than the tops of inner two legs. JMO[/QUOTE]
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