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Thanks Bob & Jason! Now that's one I haven't heard of Love learning something new!!!
lol @ Jason... looks like Bob answered 2 minutes before you did... but it's not the speed of answering that counts But good thing it wasn't a gun duel.... hehe he
pulled some info....
think of a coin as a design in play-doh... when the die hits the play-doh... the image is transferred on to the play-doh... like the plastic molds you now can use to make people,food, just about anything in play-doh.. now... move the die(mold) over a fraction and press down again... the design is there ..but part of it has been flattened... IF this is machine die doubling... the amount of area the letter takes up will be reduced by how much of the die "bounced" on the coin... the area of the letter PLUS the flattened area will equal a normal letter...next post
Member: Florida State representative for the ANA, Florida state representative for CONECA, F.U.N. and the Ocala Coin Club
Richard Snow writes in his book..fe & Indian attribution guide 1859-1869...
"Extra outlines ...Many coins designed during James Longacre's tenure as chief engraver show outlines on the letters and portrait.these shelf like outlines are part of the device and lettering punch and are transferred to the master die.They seem to have no purpose at all.They are part of the design but will not show upon a die if the die was not hubbed deep enough or if the die was ground down to a point where the outlines are effaced.They can be used to describe dies,but are not themselves premium varieties"...
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John Wexler in his book.."the authoritative reference on Lincoln cents"
has 2 paragraphs to say...but basically he thinks the engraver may had wanted to trim the letters on the punch used.. he may slice the sides...leaving a flat area at the base of the letter... which if punched hard enough into the master die... would have an indent on the die... transferred down the line to the coin as a raised flat area around the letter...
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or check out error-ref... a new and upcoming website with some ties right here...
"By Mike Diamond, BJ Neff, Jeff Ylitalo, Jason Cuvelier, Fred Weinberg & Jon Sullivan"
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