Barber Dime - What's Going On?

[Gunny]

 

What do you think happened here? My first inclination was the the die had chipped (see front of lips). But, I haven't seen die chips cause what is going on with the chin & nose. Any ideas?

 

[newprepper]

He is snotting....ewwwww, gross

[AnkurJ]

First thought without seeing the entire coin is tooling or metal displacement from being whizzed.

[physics-fan3.14]

First thought without seeing the entire coin is tooling or metal displacement from being whizzed.

 

I would like to see the rest of the coin to rule this out as a possibility - but I don't see any traces of it in the image we have. The metal pile-up at the devices doesn't look quite right for whizzing, either.

 

I'd say in front of the lips is a die break. The chin and nose really looks like machine doubling to me. When the die twists, it pushes metal and can sometimes have that look.

[Gunny]

OK, here's the complete Obverse & Reverse. It's in a NGC MS-61 slab. The only other thing I think I'm seeing is some die clashing going on in the field in from of the face.

 

 

 

 

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[RWB]

Double chin from too many biscuits with gravy.

[Mr.Mcknowitall]

Look to the right, in the field, and follow the metal flow.

It may help with an answer.

 

[brg5658]

First thought without seeing the entire coin is tooling or metal displacement from being whizzed.

 

I would like to see the rest of the coin to rule this out as a possibility - but I don't see any traces of it in the image we have. The metal pile-up at the devices doesn't look quite right for whizzing, either.

 

I'd say in front of the lips is a die break. The chin and nose really looks like machine doubling to me. When the die twists, it pushes metal and can sometimes have that look.

 

I agree with Jason. I don't see any signs of whizzing or tooling.

[wheat'swheats]

If you look at the C in america you can see what looks to be the start of a die break. The rest may be under the toning. That may be the sourse of the problem.

wheat

[johnny9434]

Double chin from too many biscuits with gravy.

yeah she was hungry that day

[CaptHenway]

That's uncirculated?

[Gunny]

That's uncirculated?

 

NGC thought it was......barely. They gave it an MS-61 grade. I got it for my AU set that I'm building.

[copper toning]

Definately a die break and some machine doubling. Not crazy about the obverse but I really like the reverse. Nice coin for au money

[newprepper]

Would be intersting to see if anybody else has a 1902 with the die break

[Treashunt]

Definately a die break and some machine doubling. Not crazy about the obverse but I really like the reverse. Nice coin for au money

 

agreed, nice.