'79 SBA Souvenir Set - What's wrong with the Denver?

StrikeOutXXX

I was looking at a standard green-envelope 1979 Dollar Souvenir Set, primarily to see if the P was a near or far date, and noticed the Denver coin, well... looked like crud.

The D and the FG are pretty much filled, and the IGWT was very thick compared to the P/S. Initially started thinking a Class VI doubling, but found zero reference to any variety with the '79-D, so... did they just beat the dies to death with the SBA's?

Forgive the pictures, shooting through the cellophane stinks.

'79S IGWT


79P IGWT


79D IGWT


79D OBV

lasvegasteddy

late die state

BustHalfBrian

die erosion?

Rampage

Yep, very late die state. Much overused die.

crypto79

<< <i>late die state >>



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ricko

Late die state... ugly manifestation on an ugly coin.... Cheers, RickO

ricko

Duplicate post....weird ....Cheers, RickO

Bodin

I had a similar observation and posted a while back HERE
The Very Late Die State is most likely the culprit.

BLUEJAYWAY

The blob "D" MM reminds me of the many I've seen on the Kennedy half on the obverse "D".

LanLord

<< <i>The blob "D" MM reminds me of the many I've seen on the Kennedy half on the obverse "D". >>

That's a mintmark? I thought her wart fell off.

CaptHenway

Late die state and indifference on the part of the people making up the sets.

TwoSides2aCoin

There wasn't a quality control czar assigned to oversee the inspectors of the work being performed at the "pressman's" work station. This , in turn, led to over use of some dies, particularly in the modern era of economics/ numismatics. It's always about production costs.

But that's looking deeper than the late die state, we explain away.

CaptHenway

Here's an old thread about how the Denver Mint packaged Mint Sets in that era:

old thread linky