Two Trivia Questions (Seated Dollars)

[EVillageProwler]

Ahhh, my favorite topic!

 

As many of us know, there's been no real, authoritative published work on on the study of Seated Dollar dies.

 

Let's see how much unpublished knowledge there is among us...

 

1. Walter Breen claimed there's two varieties of the '59-S: one RPD, the other a normal date. Most modern students of this series believe that Breen was wrong, and that there is a relationship between these two so-called varieties. What is this?

 

2. All my With Motto Seated Dollars, including the proofs share this common reverse die feature. What is this? (About two years ago, Michael Fey wrote an article, published in the Gobrecht Journal, about this ``special'' feature.)

 

Standard prizes for getting either question correct...

 

EVP

 

[Tradedollarnut]

2) they all have a doubled reverse die.

[EVillageProwler]

Correct. How'd you know? Did you look it up? Did you remember that I said this once before? You don't study this series in such detail... (Or, do you?!?)

 

EVP

 

[Tradedollarnut]

you mentioned it once and I remembered. Hmmm - that's three beers now!

[EVillageProwler]

TDN,

 

For you to be able to claim this beer -- you lush! -- you have to tell where the doubling is!

 

 

EVP

 

[Tradedollarnut]

On the reverse. Pay up!

[EVillageProwler]

more info pls. it's not hard. just get a coin, a loupe, a look at it for a couple of minutes.

 

evp

 

[keithdagen]

The doubling is most prominent over the words "In God."

[swhuck]

"2. All my With Motto Seated Dollars, including the proofs share this common reverse die feature. What is this? "

 

The motto.

[EVillageProwler]

Keith,

 

Your answer is close enough... You get the prize for #2. (Sorry, TDN, but my game, my rules!)

 

EVP

 

[keithdagen]

Thank you Heritage auction archives.

 

They list the motto as being doubled on a few pieces, and pointed out that as being the area where it is easiest to detect. They do not make mention that all With Motto proofs have doubling.

[EVillageProwler]

Keith,

 

It should be made clear that *all* my W/M dollars, biz & pf strikes alike, have the doubling!

 

EVP