Post Your Struck Through Dropped Letters If You Have Them.
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1836 Bust half Reverse struck thru Grease
How about a digit?
Collector of Liberty Seated Half Dimes, including die pairs and die states
I believe that is struck thru double struck scrap. Not a dropped letter.
Dropped letter "C" at "CENT".
A little more difficult to see. Dropped letter "S" at "TED" of UNITED.
@MWallace - I should have posted this. Do the words scrap and fragment essentially mean the same thing in this context?
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Yes, scrap and fragment are the same. Nice coin BTW.
@MWallace - I actually cherrypicked it from a local coin club auction for 3 bucks. I think the seller thought it was damaged.
I got it home and I knew I had something. So I sent it off to ANACS.
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NOPE.
Not a dropped digit. This is a clash.
@MarkKelley - Please explain to me how a clash would produce the observed effect. As you can see from clash marks on the reverse, there has been little or no rotation between the clash and the striking of this coin. (I do my photos so the obverse is "rectified" and the reverse shows the current rotation.) You can see the date digits. Similarly, we sometimes see clashes of the reverse lettering in the date area. But we don't see significant flattening of raised features, incuse in the die, especially in such a limited area with unaffected features nearby. I'm open to learn how a clash could do this, but I don't get it now.
Added later: Sorry, I misinterpreted your comment. I believe now that you are referring to the clash marks on the reverse. I should have been clear from the start that I'm referring to the 3 in the date as being "dropped" (~missing) due to being struck through some foreign substance on the die - possibly not the phenomenon the OP wants to see...
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BTW, I have several examples struck with the same obverse die: an earlier state with a weak 3 and no crack (below 3 through arrow/base/toe), this coin, good 3 and crack, good 3 and cud. If a clash had caused the weakness in the 3, subsequent lapping would not restore the 3. They'd have to recut/repunch the 3 in the die.
Collector of Liberty Seated Half Dimes, including die pairs and die states
Where did these letters drop from? were they a piece from a previous coin that stayed in a section of the die that fell onto a later coin before striking?
You don't have a dropped number, you have a filled die.
So let me try this again. Here's an 1854 N-9 "Dartboard" Large Cent obverse. The most obvious is the 1 at the back of the ear. Not struck through, but dropped.
Collector of Liberty Seated Half Dimes, including die pairs and die states
Yes, I know. "struck through some foreign substance on the die"
So, just to try to be clear:
a) I think I misinterpreted the OP's actual request
b) My first post above would have been better if I led with the obverse photo and described what I was posting about. Then MarkKelley would not have thought I was referring to the obvious clash marks on the reverse.
c) By writing '"dropped" (~missing)', I was trying to say that I'm not thinking in terms of clumsiness and gravity, but an alternate meaning of "dropped" that is not really a perfect fit to the situation.
Collector of Liberty Seated Half Dimes, including die pairs and die states
Yes, I know that you know. But it wasn't what the OP was asking for.
Not even slightly an error guy, but let me see if I can be of some help...
What has "dropped" (onto another part of the coin) and then struck through, is the hardened grease that was very recently filling a nearby device?
Yeah?
Pretty cool for sure, and like I said, I'm NAEG
Yes, I know that too. But I didn't when I first posted. I'll drop it now...
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