What’s wrong with this half dollar. No detail on tail feathers and they aren’t die polish are they?

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• Watchbelieve Posts: 527 ✭✭✭

  April 17, 2018 9:17PM

  This pic might show it better
  

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• BruceS Posts: 1,356 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 17, 2018 9:23PM

  Grease filled with die polish would be my guess.

  
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• morgandollar1878 Posts: 4,006 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 17, 2018 9:34PM

  Grease filled die is what it looks like.

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 18, 2018 7:46AM

  I agree with the two inputs above... Cheers, RickO

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• FredWeinberg Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 18, 2018 7:57AM

  Because of the discoloration of the coin's
  surfaces, I'm not sure those are die scratches
  at 6:30 on the reverse.

  As far as the Eagle's tail feathers, it's just a
  weak strike, imo. It does not appear to be
  a filled die or struck thru area.

  That area is directly opposite Kennedy's
  head, one of the deeper areas of the die.

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• Watchbelieve Posts: 527 ✭✭✭

  April 18, 2018 12:31PM

  Thanks I figured nothing major it’s just very weird the discoloration by the feathers

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