Mark Stilson Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 While looking thru some of my morgans trying to see if I could spot any other vams. I noticed the Unum has "horns" on all the letters. I don't know how else to describe them. And example on the first "U" upper cross bars has lines going up from all four corners to the denticles. I have seen some similar, but had not really thought about it. I'm assuming it was caused by excessive pressure when minted. Can any one confirm this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustin43160 Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 do you have a pic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted June 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 I was afraid some one would ask for one. I'll give it a try with a magnifying glass. (My camera does not handle close ups. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted June 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Okay, best I can do. The lines going all the way to the edge don't really show up in the pic. Also had to focus in on just on letter for the horns to be seen. But they are on all the letters of unum. Here is one I made marks on where the lines extend to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Looks like just metal spread, normally I see this on quarter sized coins, and lincoln cents. I can't say for sure, but that's my take on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted June 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Looks like just metal spread, normally I see this on quarter sized coins, and lincoln cents. I can't say for sure, but that's my take on it. Sounds right I had not thought about that. In hand these show up pretty clear. And all the letters across Unum have nice little spikes with the lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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