First Possible Error??

[Spartcom5]

Hey guys i don't normally check the face of halves because i do huge quantities but i rang across this guy. Im not sure if this is a pmd or an actual error? What do you guys think any help is appreciated? I think it may be good... Hard to see in the pictures but I can make out a 1972 very very vague. I compared it to another 1972 and the numbers seem to be shifted up to right of the coin.

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Agony and Death on a Gold Rush Steamer: The Disastrous Sinking of the Side-Wheeler Yankee Blade - Grab it through Amazon!

[el padron]

Well, In what context was it discovered?......

 

[Spartcom5]

Well, In what context was it discovered?......

Me accidentally dumping a customer wrapped roll and over the place instead of into my hand believe it or not haha It's so weird because the wear is so even on the coin, I can't see how somebody would have grinded it down or even used acid to corrode it away because the luster is there still. It's very very smooth. I'm stumped.

 

[Liu21]

Pmd, there is no way a coin was striked like that.

 

[huntsman53]

Pmd, there is no way a coin was striked like that.

You are likely correct and it is likely a man made error to resemble a "Capped Die Strike"! Most often a Capped Die Strike results in the coin coming out looking like a Bottle Cap and there is no evidence of such on the O.P.'s coin. Combine that with the fact that much of Kennedy's bust sits higher (raised) on the coin when it should have been almost entirely obliterated during the second striking (which would be the first striking for the coin that was fed into the Striking Chamber on top of another struck coin) and that the Reverse should have a much stronger strike and at the same time, should have some distortion because of spreading due to the extra pressure exerted on the planchet/coin due to the extra planchet in the Striking Chamber when it was struck the second time. There is also evidence (slight railroad rim) that the Reverse of the O.P.'s coin was struck slightly outside of the Collar but this has no real relevance to the condition of the Obverse of the coin.


Frank