Here's the Reverse.

In response to a request on the chat boards (from johnny9434), here is a picture of the reverse of the half dime whose obverse was shown in my previous post.

The reverse also has pretty dramatic clash marks. In particular, parts of most letters of the obverse legend are visible around the reverse edge. The planchet also had curved marks that did not strike out completely. They appear to have the same curvature as a half dime, but who knows how they got there. There is also a poorly struck area including the D of DIME and the wreath below. This was probably due to grease or other foreign substance on the die, since the opposite area of the obverse looks fine.

The title of this entry refers to the fact that my education is in astronomy (though my work is software systems engineering in support of the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes), and this coin is the first in my collection with a star designation from NGC. It really is pretty in hand.

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