A question for Bust Half collectors
MWallace
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I have noticed on a lot of Bust Halves that "E PLURIBUS" is weakly struck , often to the point of completely missing. This is true even on high grade pieces. As a Bust Half collector, is this an issue when adding coins to your collection?
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Some simply do not show parts of EPU due to improper die preparation. Thusly one must have marriages without it if they are to own that particular marriage.
The mint fussed with the preparation of the dies attempting to solve this problem. As a portion of EPU is directly opposite the end of Liberty’s bust the metal flow was compromised. If the obverse image of Liberty was sunk slightly too deeply into the die it would directly effect the reverse strike. The silver would flow to the area of least resistance, the wide open chest of Liberty, not to the narrow ribbon of EPU. It would take an exceptional strike to bring up the ribbon detail.
A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.
A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
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Thank you.