Just A Guy Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Theres no value, but i found a cool example of the variety of distortions you can get from die deterioration. It has lots of exaggerated MD, the letter E has double stems in the middle. Just an all around great example of what can go wrong with a bad die. Not so much on the obverse, but the upper left of the reverse is really noticeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just A Guy Posted October 28, 2019 Author Share Posted October 28, 2019 And........its not a half bad looking coin😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenstang Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 That's a great example of DDD. When the die starts to get worn, the metal flows towards the rim instead of in the cavity of the letters. Good photo for a teaching tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just A Guy Posted October 29, 2019 Author Share Posted October 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Greenstang said: That's a great example of DDD. When the die starts to get worn, the metal flows towards the rim instead of in the cavity of the letters. Good photo for a teaching tool. I always mix those up. I said die deterioration, which was correct, but MD (machine dbling) is not what i meant lol. You are correct DDD. I found this penny a few weeks ago. Came across it again while organizing some of my misc. Really good example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...