LostDutchman

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no problem

Yes! very good stuff! think we need to pin this thread?

RD now thats a good sense of humor!! haha

This occurs with die caps. It occurs when a die is capped and then a struck coin gets fed into the chamber and is struck by the cap leaving an incuse design in the die cap. This die cap then strikes out coins that have a raised, yet distorted image of the obverse of the coin.

gpnyc... thats a stone cold killer of a coin.

hey gang! I have recently been elected as the editor of the Indianapolis Coin Club. My responsibilities include providing an interesting article for the front page of the newsletter. While pondering where to come up with articles I figured I would ask anyone here if they had written any neat articles I could reprint in the newsletter. So if you have any please PM me and we will talk.... thanks! Matt

I hate to disagree... but the colors on the 2 cents posted are completely different... its true that the early lincolns come in many different shades due to planchet mixtures... but having handled more then 50 unc S VDB's I have a pretty good idea what colors the TPG's like and what color (tho it may be original) they dont. In the case of this coin... i like the details... it looks like it has solid 62 shot 63 details... and like kurt said the pic might not be the best representation of the color... so we will see what the TPG says

I agree i always make sure to stop by their tables at the major coin shows... some drool material

here is a good example of die polish.

Die Polish - This occurs when the dies are being cleaned. The dies are regularly cleaned to prevent them from being clogged with grease and debris. This cleaning can leave marks on the dies surface and the coins it strikes.

here is an obverse die cap. image courtesy of byersnc

this is an example of a reverse die cap

here is what the edge of a partial collar broadstrike will look like