Strong-over-weak overmintmarks due to grinding and rehubbing dies?
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I recently wrote a column on strong-over-weak overdates:
The consensus among several experts I consulted was that many such overdates were created by grinding the design off a die with an earlier date (leaving a remnant of the latter), annealing it, rehubbing it, and punching in a new date.
The same reasoning can presumably be applied to strong-over-weak overmintmarks. These also show no evidence of localized grinding-out of an original mintmark.
Comments?
Mike Diamond is an error coin writer and researcher. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those held by any organization I am a member of.
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