die adjustment strike ?

[Wayne]

[hasfam]

I'm thinking grease filled die instead. A lot of grease.

[coin-crazy]

I'm thinking grease filled die instead. A lot of grease.

I'd agree with you on this one!!!

[simonm]

A burger from McDonalds would probably have less grease than that penny...

[liveandievarieties]

Hey Simon-

Die Adjustment strikes are tougher to tell on cents and nickels. On a coin with a reeded edge- your tell will be a smooth edge or VERY weak reeding.

While your coin shares many of the traits of a die adjustment strike. I believe the flow lines are in fact grease. A perfect example of a die adjustment strike will show only a light silhouette. I hope that is helpful. Best wishes my friend -CW

[simonm]

Hey Simon-

Die Adjustment strikes are tougher to tell on cents and nickels. On a coin with a reeded edge- your tell will be a smooth edge or VERY weak reeding.

While your coin shares many of the traits of a die adjustment strike. I believe the flow lines are in fact grease. A perfect example of a die adjustment strike will show only a light silhouette. I hope that is helpful. Best wishes my friend -CW

Hey Chris:
the coin isn't mine...maybe you misread something? I was just commenting on it.

[BadThad]

Struck though grease, nice find!

[jcuve]

A weak strike on a Lincoln will have weak rims, as noted a higher denomination is easier because of the reeding. It would
Also have to be normal weight. What you have is (as noted) a greaser - nice find!

[coinman2009]

A greaser with a couple nice die crack's on the rev.! Cool!

[mikediamond]

It's a greaser. And there's really no justification for calling any weak strike a "die adjustment strike". This implies a specificity of knowledge concerning the cause of the weakness that is unobtainable. I will once again demolish the concept of the "die adjustment strike" in a forthcoming Collector's Clearinghouse column.

[liveandievarieties]

Mike? Maybe I missed something in this thread, but I didn't see anyone suggesting the relation of a weak strike and an adjustment strike. You're entirely right of course, weak strike and die adjustment strikes are 2 completely different animals. But from the novice's perspective, they appear very similar, as can the appearance of a coin struck through heavy grease. None are related, but all can share a similar appearance, I think it's important for anyone without that knowledge, to be able to understand it. Any interest in elaborating on the differences of the 3 like-appearing types? You've got a wealth of understanding that makes most envious.

[jcuve]

Chris, I brought that up (somewhere above in the thread), Weak Strikes = Die Adjustment Strikes (DAS). I have come to understand that a DAS or a Die Trial comes from a low pressure strike and as per Margolis and Weinberg, TECE 4th edition, pg 279, there are "Many reasons" a low pressure strike can happen and they would not give evidence as to how any of them came about, thus Mike's statement, "...No justification for calling any weak strike a 'die adjustment strike."

If there is specific way of identifying one Weak Strike from another, I would be all ears.

[liveandievarieties]

I completely agree- It may have been Mike himself who I learned that from a while back. There's no broad line between an intentional "test strike" so to speak and a mechanical maladjustment. That very subject made me think for a long time. I did miss the reference, though I read the whole post. Mike is right-er about errors than anyone I'm familiar with, for good reason of course.