Have you ever seen a proof Merc without full bands?

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• cameonut2011 Posts: 10,455 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 16, 2022 2:38PM edited January 16, 2022 2:40PM

  The dies used to strike proof coinage (1936 brilliant - 1942) were heavily polished. It is not unusual to find coins with fine details missing secondary to having
  been polished away on the die.

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• ChrisH821 Posts: 7,045 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 16, 2022 3:55PM

  @cameonut2011 said:
  The dies used to strike proof coinage (1936 brilliant - 1942) were heavily polished. It is not unusual to find coins with fine details missing secondary to having
  been polished away on the die.

  While I agree with your statement, die polishing will remove low relief features like the leaves or the bridge of Liberty's nose. This is strike deficiency.

  Collector, occasional seller

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• Farmer1961 Posts: 167 ✭✭✭

  January 16, 2022 11:06PM

  That is odd to see on a proof Merc.

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 17, 2022 6:24AM

  Strange to see in just that central area... seems as if something else happened there.... Perhaps @FredWeinberg
  or @CaptHenway could offer some information on this one. Cheers, RickO

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• CaptHenway Posts: 33,677 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 17, 2022 8:02AM

  Have not seen this before on a Proof Merc. Sort of looks like a one-strike Proof. Possibly a setup piece for a Proof run.

  Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.

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