Home U.S. Coin Forum

1902-O Morgan overpolished die?

Here are some pictures of a 1902-O. I'll try to identify the VAM later. Took some pictures of some strange areas on the coin.

Lots of die gouges or polishing lines on eagle. I have Morgans with hundreds of tiny squiggly lines in this same area. These are long and wider... and less than a dozen lines.
image

There's a bump on the 2. Reminded me of the 1882-P VAM-1A with the dot on the 2. This is more of a raised area on the surface. Dent in the die?
image

The top left of the S on the obverse is flat. Is that from a filled die?
image

Thin gouge through eagle's beak.
image

Profile is doubled at nose and neck.
image
image

Left wreath has a die chip. Looks like a thorn.
image

Spike on top left of mint mark. I think it's just another die chip.
image

IN GOD WE TRUST looks like it's raised. I think the die was just overpolished? There is metal flowing around the letters. The E is filled.
image
image
image

Comments

  • RVDavisRVDavis Posts: 1,137
    Fascinating coin. Looks like someone tried to fix a problem working die to me.
    Proud recipient of YOU SUCK more than once and less than 100 times.

Leave a Comment

BoldItalicStrikethroughOrdered listUnordered list
Emoji
Image
Align leftAlign centerAlign rightToggle HTML viewToggle full pageToggle lights
Drop image/file