What caused this on my Morgan dollar?

[nesvt]

My first post on this forum. Thanks for the opportunity!

 

This is a 1921-P VAM 8 Morgan dollar (dot under eagle's right wing). The stars and many letters on the reverse look like some form of machine/strike doubling. It doesn't look like die/hub doubling. The silver flows away from each letter... some are several millimeters from the true edge of the letter. Was it something to do with the pressure of the strike? Too much pressure maybe? The silver looks like it was squeezed out.

 

Thanks for any input!

 

Norm

 

[nwcs]

My guess is too strong a strike but those are great pics!

[AlixTCat]

My first post on this forum. Thanks for the opportunity!

 

This is a 1921-P VAM 8 Morgan dollar (dot under eagle's right wing). The stars and many letters on the reverse look like some form of machine/strike doubling. It doesn't look like die/hub doubling. The silver flows away from each letter... some are several millimeters from the true edge of the letter. Was it something to do with the pressure of the strike? Too much pressure maybe? The silver looks like it was squeezed out.

 

Thanks for any input!

 

Norm

 

 

Man! Great images! What kind of camera did you use for those? Inquiring minds want to know.

[chinook]

Fantastic pics.

[nesvt]

What kind of camera did you use for those?

 

I wish I could think of something funny involving the Hubble telescope.

 

I have a compact digital camera... Olympus D-40Z. I hold it up to the eyepiece on a 30x microscope. Depending on how much coffee I've had, I shoot one or more pictures.

 

Unfortunately my full-coin shots need a great deal of improvement. I'm still practicing on those. I actually had my own photo darkroom for 15 or so years, but I mostly developed other people's film. Never did much of my own shooting. Mixing my own chemicals or making emulsions isn't helping me with digital photography.

 

Thanks!

[AlixTCat]

What kind of camera did you use for those?

 

I wish I could think of something funny involving the Hubble telescope.

 

I have a compact digital camera... Olympus D-40Z. I hold it up to the eyepiece on a 30x microscope. Depending on how much coffee I've had, I shoot one or more pictures.

 

Unfortunately my full-coin shots need a great deal of improvement. I'm still practicing on those. I actually had my own photo darkroom for 15 or so years, but I mostly developed other people's film. Never did much of my own shooting. Mixing my own chemicals or making emulsions isn't helping me with digital photography.

 

Thanks!

 

I get GREAT picturs using a Nikon Coolpix 2100. It has a fantastic macro mode. Much better than my more expensive Canon Powershot A85. I broke the battery door on the Nikon, but some tape keeps it closed. Because it takes such good picture, I keep it around... Attached is a picture from the Nikon.