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Offline EgCollector

Help Identifying the error #3
November 23, 2008, 09:19:42 PM
To continue with coins that i think may have an error IMO  .

The distance between the "D" mint mark and number "1" in the date "1971" does not seem to be equal. The coin on the left has a longer distance than the right, so;

Is this an error?
What is the error name?
Does this increase the coin value?

Thanks for your help  :)

Amr :) :) :)

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Offline EgCollector

Re: Help Identifying the error #3
November 23, 2008, 09:20:25 PM

Amr :) :) :)

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Re: Help Identifying the error #3
November 23, 2008, 09:21:03 PM

Amr :) :) :)

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Re: Help Identifying the error #3
November 23, 2008, 11:07:08 PM
Hi Amr! What you have there is not an error, but in fact a common occurence on most U.S. coinage. If you look at a lot of Kennedy half dollars like I do, you will also find this on that series as well. Nothing to get excited about!  :)

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Re: Help Identifying the error #3
November 23, 2008, 11:27:36 PM
i would not call it a error to
but would call it a die variety

 


Offline EgCollector

Re: Help Identifying the error #3
November 24, 2008, 03:42:59 AM
Nothing to get excited about!  :)

That one too is not an error :'( :'( :'( :'(

Thanks for the info  :)

Amr :) :) :)

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Offline EgCollector

Re: Help Identifying the error #3
November 24, 2008, 03:46:14 AM
i would not call it a error to
but would call it a die variety

OK, that is a new word that i need to learn more about  :)

Do you mean like VAM when talking about Morgans?  :)

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Offline AdamL

Re: Help Identifying the error #3
November 24, 2008, 07:45:37 AM
I don't see the pics. What kind of die variety was it?

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Offline EgCollector

Re: Help Identifying the error #3
November 24, 2008, 08:19:17 AM
I don't see the pics. What kind of die variety was it?

The pics are still here  :)

I think what buda meant by die variety, that more than one die was used during mintage at this time and so came the difference

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Re: Help Identifying the error #3
November 25, 2008, 03:09:50 PM
I commend you on your powers of observation but it's nothing at all. Mint marks were punched in by hand in 1971 from a drawing of "about" where it should be.

A nice variety to look for would be a re-punched mint mark (RPM). Some times they had to punch the mint marks several times and on the second or third try the punch would not line up with the last tap of the punch and so it looks doubled or even tripled. Sometimes  with D mint marks the  repunch was so close that all that showed was an  extended tip on one the ends of the D.  That was called a  "hang-nail."

 


Offline EgCollector

Re: Help Identifying the error #3
November 25, 2008, 11:46:18 PM
Thanks longnine009, this was very informative  :)

Amr :) :) :)

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