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Link We see on the 1865 Fancy 5 Snow-14 Indian Cent (above) there is a circular lathe line that was engraved a bit too deeply into the blank die. When the die was later hubbed, the design pushed the … (View Post)

Common on a 1801 $10. Its the only die with them. BD-2 (View Post)

It seems to me that if one traces the history of the revolution, the one date you would not have on a coin is 1776, especially if it is supposedly struck in New York City. It was under occupation mos… (View Post)

Here are few points I want to show: Notice how the spine runs though a ridge (#1) in the coin, which is a valley in the die. This can happen after the die is finished, but can also happen prior to th… (View Post)

Those are not clash marks. I think they are file marks or gouges that for some reason were on the blank die that were not effaced when the liberty head was punched into the die. Whatever the reason f… (View Post)