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1972 HALF DOLLAR help what is this issue?

AttumraAttumra Posts: 182 ✭✭✭
edited March 28, 2021 6:35AM in U.S. Coin Forum

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    JBKJBK Posts: 17,851 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like worn dies to me.

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    TurtleCatTurtleCat Posts: 4,692 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 40,015 ✭✭✭✭✭

    flow lines from extremely worn dies

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    AttumraAttumra Posts: 182 ✭✭✭
    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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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

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    JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yep ... what all the above posts said.

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,148 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Worn out dies.

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    joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 18,835 ✭✭✭✭✭
    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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    abcde12345abcde12345 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

    Deteriorated die.

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