1972 HALF DOLLAR help what is this issue?

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• JBK Posts: 17,379 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 20, 2020 10:09AM

  Looks like worn dies to me.

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• TurtleCat Posts: 4,668 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 20, 2020 10:16AM

  Worn out dies that may not have been carefully prepped ahead of time given the lack of circulation of half dollars even then.

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• MsMorrisine Posts: 39,176 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 20, 2020 10:27AM

  flow lines from extremely worn dies

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• Attumra Posts: 182 ✭✭✭

  October 20, 2020 10:43AM edited October 20, 2020 11:04AM

  It might just be my imagination but one last pic I see a "G" and other letters on the chin and below it? possibly a mint mark "P" on bottom of neck and -god we- on neck/chin area?

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 20, 2020 11:08AM

  Worn dies, flow lines.... No letters on the chin... What you are interpreting as letters is called 'pareidolia'... Cheers, RickO

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• Jimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 20, 2020 11:14AM

  Yep ... what all the above posts said.

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• CaptHenway Posts: 33,769 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 20, 2020 11:14AM

  Worn out dies.

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• joeykoins Posts: 18,456 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 20, 2020 11:16AM edited October 20, 2020 11:22AM

  Yep, as mentioned above. But and if, those initials on the reverse were gone (FG) then you would have something there! Keep hunting
  

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• abcde12345 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 20, 2020 5:05PM

  @Jimnight said:
  Yep ... what all the above posts said.

  Deteriorated die.

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