Very interesting Double-struck 1965 Washington Quarter on Ebay
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I'm looking at the overlap of the second strike....should the "Y" in liberty on what appears to be the underlying strike be on top of the second strike?
1965 Washington Quarter on Ebay
1965 Washington Quarter on Ebay
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<< <i>I'm looking at the overlap of the second strike....should the "Y" in liberty on what appears to be the underlying strike be on top of the second strike?
1965 Washington Quarter on Ebay >>
No. The first strike was well off-center and the the second was nearly in the right place.
The LIBERTY from the initial strike would have been wiped out except the depth of the die
on Washington's head protected it. Much of the rest of the stike was obliterated. It looks
right to me.
San Diego, CA
<< <i>That is a very nice FAKE double strike.
What am I missing?
<< <i>I'm looking at the overlap of the second strike....should the "Y" in liberty on what appears to be the underlying strike be on top of the second strike?
1965 Washington Quarter on Ebay >>
It is a fake error produced with false dies. Take a normal coin, squeeze it in a bench vise between two strips of aluminum to create impressions that look like dies, move the coin relative to the impressions and squeeze again. Some of the coin will form up into the impressions like a second strike, though there is so much distortion that you can always prove that the "Dies" were softer than the coin rather than hard steel.
Tom D.
<< <i>
It is a fake error produced with false dies. Take a normal coin, squeeze it in a bench vise between two strips of aluminum to create impressions that look like dies, move the coin relative to the impressions and squeeze again. Some of the coin will form up into the impressions like a second strike, though there is so much distortion that you can always prove that the "Dies" were softer than the coin rather than hard steel.
Tom D. >>
Thanks guys.