If you saw this feature on two coins, is it from the same hub/die?
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Both images are PCGS
If you saw this feature on two coins, is it from the same hub/die?
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I would say yes....But will listen to the experts when they comment....Cheers, RickO
It looks like a possibility, they look very close. But not exact. Isn't this a feature of die wear? If dies would wear similarly we could see similar markings on different dies.
Same hub, different die.
If they have different dates, they're from different dies. If they have different dates (and were made after 1909 as these were), they are from different master dies. If they have the same date, they could be from the same dies in different die states. They could also be from different working dies, either from different die states or the same die states with each having been polished differently before being placed into service. Since they could be from the same working die, they could also be from the same working hub. Since they could be from different working dies, it's possible, but not necessary that they're from the same working hub.
I think that about covers it.
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sisters hub.
They are both from the same date and mint. I should have put more options. Instead, consider a Yes vote as “either the same hub or the same die”, and a No vote as “neither the same hub nor the same die”.
Isn't that a little bit of strike doubling? If so, any die at any time could show it.
The "Feature" does not seem identical between the two images, though that could be an artifact of the imaging.
Are those, by chance, examples dated 1942?
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