Can this be classified as a lowball Ike?
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Not much else to say... what do you guys think?
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If you could tell the mint mark it would be.
bob
🤔 as low as you can get
I'm almost thinking it's a grease filled die.
Seems strange that a lot of the detail is missing from around near the rim yet Ike and the eagle show most of their original detail. Could this be a very weak set-up strike or perhaps grease filled dies?
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That doesn't appear to be naturally worn down to that level. Regardless, with how infrequently I saw, received or spent Ike dollars when they were issued, it might be considered that anything below MS60 is a lowball Ike!
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"Can this be classified as a lowball Ike?"
no.
it may be a collectable error or pmd. for my part, i can't be 100% from those images at that angle but they are pretty good though.
Odd. Looks like wear in the fields on the obv. Rim doesn't look touched though.
It looks like wear but not normal for sure.
I thought I'd post my grease filled Kennedy die for comparison.
Grease filled die does seem like a possible culprit.
Grease-filled did and a bit more valuable as such rather than a lowball Ike. If lowball, it would grade too high to be of worth to collectors of such.
Here is the wear pattern of a lowball Ike:
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I vote grease-filled die followed by many years at a casino.
Way too much detail left for me. Peace Roy
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I'm in the greaser column.
I have something similar. I'll start another thread for opinions.
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Even the reeded edge looks intact on the OP's Ike. I like the grease filled die answer more than common wear.
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I think that coin has been messed with. The rims appear to remain, yet the fields and indicia are worn - yet the central designs are more prominent. I choose 'messed with' rather than the grease filled die explanation. JMO... Cheers, RickO