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MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,278 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Everyone focuses on the tail feathers, but I never noticed how much more detail there is on the the wing. Pretty wild!

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Andy Lustig

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  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,408 ✭✭✭
    so true now that you point it out
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  • guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,266 ✭✭✭


    never noticed that. man, every feather has lines in it. Even the Neck feathers are textured.

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  • Rob85635Rob85635 Posts: 1,230 ✭✭✭
    Wow, that is indeed fairly remarkable. I never did buy one when I should have.
    Rob the Newbie
  • RobbRobb Posts: 2,034 ✭
    Why was the pattern ditched in favor of what we ended up with?
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  • ResRes Posts: 1,086


    << <i>never noticed that. man, every feather has lines in it. Even the Neck feathers are textured. >>



    I think the neck feathers stand out more becasue the neck on the regular issue is completely smooth.
  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,474 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Are you implying that you haven't flipped this long ago? image

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  • GemineyeGemineye Posts: 5,374 ✭
    A truly lovely specimen....!!!
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  • eCoinquesteCoinquest Posts: 1,485 ✭✭✭
    I agree, all of the examples I have had showed much greater detail overall than regular ones.
  • MWallaceMWallace Posts: 4,155 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Why was the pattern ditched in favor of what we ended up with? >>


    Answer is in the third paragraph.
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  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    That is nice! Of course, both are excellent. The Sac is a thing beauty.
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,381 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's a discovery in itself. Good eye, sir.
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,262 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I did mention the extra detailing in the wings in one of my COINage articles on these. Don't think I ever noticed the neck, though.

    It would make sense if, as Rogers was trying to make the tail feathers appear more white by removing detail, he would do the same to the neck, which is white on the actual bird.
    TD
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • RaufusRaufus Posts: 6,817 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Wow, that is indeed fairly remarkable. I never did buy one when I should have. >>



    I was not in the game when these were discovered. How much were they when they first started selling? Thanks
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  • MercuryMercury Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭✭
    I cant tell you how many times I have said this.

    This kind of stuff is why I love this place.

    THANK YOU!

    Mercury
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  • CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Man, the lengths they'll go to to sell cereal...

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  • InternetJunkyInternetJunky Posts: 2,329 ✭


    << <i>I cant tell you how many times I have said this.

    This kind of stuff is why I love this place.

    THANK YOU!

    Mercury >>



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  • MercuryMercury Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭✭
    Dude, you got a whole bag of "You Sucks" for sale?

    Thats great. I have never had one. I will take as many as you can spare!

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    Mercury
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  • stinkinlincolnstinkinlincoln Posts: 2,733 ✭
    That is some strong detail on the rest of the eagle. I always thought it was just the tail... Thanks for sharing.
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,262 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>That is some strong detail on the rest of the eagle. I always thought it was just the tail... Thanks for sharing. >>



    I always emphasized the lack of detailing in the tail feathers over the reduced detailing in the wings because it is very difficult to say "Reduced detailing in the wings" without running pictures of both to show the difference between the two. People who have only one variety often cannot visualize the other. Think of the various years of Seated Liberty halves where the "Small mintmark" in one year is the "Large mintmark" in a different year.

    Saying "No detailing in the tail" vs. "Strong angled detailing in the tail" is different. It's an either/or situation.

    TD
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.

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