2007 P $1 Adams...........anyone ever see this Font on the edge? big pics
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I have searched 10's of thousands of Pres. Bucks,I dont think that I have seen this kind of edge lettering before, Its an outline of the letter instead of the regular heavily incused ones..........
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i have seen that font, it is definitely a different type of lettering, i have been inquiring with various cert firms about certifying different "types" of lettering, so far to no avail....
i have searched several thousand as well and have turned up about 80 coins.
-Paul
rather than the thin, shallow incuse edge lettering.
The top one here is a matte finish.........
7over8 Thanks..............
interesting.....
Okay, sorry, it does look like the type of font used on the "Pratt" gold coins from the early 1900s.
I also think it's cool that there are different types of font in use.
<< <i>I’ve received from reader Ty Young of Ohio what some are referring to as “matte edge” 2007-P Adams dollars. Reports of these have been coming in from various locations from the New England area to Ohio. I have determined that this effect is most probably caused by heavy abrasion on the shoulders of the die due to routine clean up of the edge lettering die with a wire brush or similar tool. This evidence of clean-up work on the edge lettering die is most probably present most of the time but might not show up on the coins in most cases if the pressure used to apply the inscriptions is adequate to force the inscriptions that far. I suggest this because all the ones I’ve seen so far appear to have had their inscriptions impressed into the edges of the coins with more pressure than required, causing all the coins to be smaller in diameter than normal and out-of-round. While a normal Presidential dollar diameter is 26.50mm, the so-called matte edge dollars range from about 26.31mm to 26.41mm on each of the coins depending on where you measure them from. In other words, if you measure one of these errors with a pair of calipers from 12 to 6 o’clock it might measure 26.32, while your next measurement of the same coin taken from 3 to 9 o’clock might be 26.41mm. In measuring 38 of these coins in multiple locations on each coin, I found all of them to be smaller than normal at all points, with an average diameter of 26.35mm. These too will be examined more closely with photographic evidence as soon as I have my camera back. >>