1878, 7TF, VAM-121
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In my older VAM book, this is designated as a "Doubled Motto." In the description it talks about various points of doubling on the obverse of the coin...stars, letters, Liberty and so forth. It states that the "R" in E Pluribus Unum is doubled. Am I the only one that thinks that the main upright has been repunched with the "I?" It looks obvious to me.
Has anyone ever read anything to corroborate this opinion? Thanks in advance.
Has anyone ever read anything to corroborate this opinion? Thanks in advance.
J.C.
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<< <i>I also like the outside top right of the U. >>
The lower left also. There's quite a few of the letters that have "thorns" that weren't quite polished away.
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<< <i>I'm certain that is a corrected I. Probably got a bad hub transfer, repunched the letters and got ahead on that letter. weak R -> I -> R would be the sequence. R may have been so weak that it initially looked like a I at first glance? >>
William Key was responsible for punching lettering into the master dies in 1878. His services could have been employed to fix several die sinking disasters, but some he (or his understudy) appears to have made worse. The R is a recurring trainwreck (VAMs 111, 114, 121, 123, 144, 164, 171, 187), but PLU also have their problems, with VAM 163 having several U's piled up. It might be that there was a nasty hub break that messed up those letters more than others, requiring them to be repunched by hand on all II/I obverses.
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<< <i>William Key was responsible for punching lettering into the master dies in 1878. His services could have been employed to fix several die sinking disasters, but some he (or his understudy) appears to have made worse. The R is a recurring trainwreck (VAMs 111, 114, 121, 123, 144, 164, 171, 187), but PLU also have their problems, with VAM 163 having several U's piled up. It might be that there was a nasty hub break that messed up those letters more than others, requiring them to be repunched by hand on all II/I obverses. >>
That's interesting. Thank you very much for the info. I just love cruising '78s with a loupe.
Edited to ask: Does the 163 have a reverse with the "r" broken in trust? The horizontal gone except for a slight bump?
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<< <i>Edited to ask: Does the 163 have a reverse with the "r" broken in trust? The horizontal gone except for a slight bump? >>
Yes.
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