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Strike through error on 1952 Superbirds?

UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭✭✭
I was going through my flock of Superbirds and found 3 that have it. Any thoughts?

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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,919 ✭✭✭✭✭
    bird dropping?

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    yes, it does look plausable.

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  • illini420illini420 Posts: 11,466 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looked at 3 superbirds I've had lying around... one has the mark, the other two do not.


  • stealerstealer Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭✭
    Die scratch?
  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So do we have a Superbird Ringworm variety?
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  • 1tommy1tommy Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thats interesting, I have my 3 best birds at our host and 3 in the vault. But the three sitting here with me None have that mark. In your second picture it looks like it is a raised line, is it? There are many reverse dies talked about for this year but have not heard anything about a different Obverse die. Nice catch and will look at my other ones when they come back..............Enjoy image
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  • gonzergonzer Posts: 3,052 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Probably a die gouge. Strike-throughs happen only during the actual minting when a foreign body comes between the die and the planchet.
  • CameonutCameonut Posts: 7,355 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I only have two coins out of the vault at the moment.

    The 65 cameo shows no gouge.
    The 67 cameo shows the gouge - similar to the right photo in the OP.

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  • CameonutCameonut Posts: 7,355 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Thats interesting, I have my 3 best birds at our host and 3 in the vault. But the three sitting here with me None have that mark. In your second picture it looks like it is a raised line, is it? There are many reverse dies talked about for this year but have not heard anything about a different Obverse die. Nice catch and will look at my other ones when they come back..............Enjoy image >>



    Mine clearly looks like a raised line, similar to the S on the reverse. So I'd say its a gouge, unless there is a more appropriate term for it.

    With respect to dies, I my Mint die records only go back to 1954. During 1954 quarter production, the obverse and reverse proof dies only made about 5,000 pieces each before being retired. (vs 450k per obverse die and 350k per reverse die for business strikes). If the 1952 die life was similar to 1954, then a total of about 16 obverse and 16 reverse dies were used to make the 82,000 proofs that year.

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