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 RhubarbSenior Member
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Is this a strike thruough at the S? Also does this coin show the characteristicts of a Class 6 coin? The 1 shows the bow to the west. The 9 shows the extra thickness. Thank's.
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 eagamesExpert Member
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:29 pm |
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I think it's not a class 6, just normal wear and flattening.
(there's no ramp on the E of WE and the spines of the letters of LIBERTY do not have the curve that class 6 doubled dies usualy would have)
Not sure why the mintmarks are sunk like that but a lot of coins from that time have the sunken mintmarks. It's not from hard punching since that would have caused a raised mound on the coin. Maybe someone can explain the reason for sunken mintmarks.
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I just don't know about this one. I tend to agree with Ed's assessment. On post 1990 coins, the plating problem between the zinc core and copper plating cause split plating and corrosion around the mintmark, and in some cases it was severe enough to cause problems like this.
Another possibility is a lamination type error, but it would normally also encompass the S mintmark as well. Got me on this one!
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eagamesExpert Member
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Maybe on second thought it could be from hard punching. If they punched the mark on the die so hard that it raised metal around it. Since the die is a negative the raised metal around the mintmarks punch becomes a sunken area around the mintark on the coins. Could that be it?
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Lazyone67Member
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For the life of me I can not remember where I read about this exact issue with the mint mark being sunken. I can not even recall the details of it. I do know though that I had the same question several months ago and found it after searching the web. If I do find it again I will post it here but I know for a fact that it does address this issue. Maybe someone else has come across it as well.
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 coopExpert Member
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My first thought is that the area that is rough is part of the field. The field is the outside edge of the die. If there was any cleaning/polishing/picking around the mint mark, it would leave the rough mark on the field around the mint mark if it was disturbed in that area. OR it could be excessive wear in that area OR a mixture of the two.
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