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Rick2020

1860 Overstruck E in PENNY? or wishfull thinking...

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Could someone tell me if this is an overstrike on the letter E in the word PENNY?

Or is it wishful thinking......

thanx in advance

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The image doesn't work - looks like you've tried to link to an email attachment.

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From the picture could it not be a flaw or possibly a crack that appears to run to the rim ?.

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1 hour ago, PWA 1967 said:

From the picture could it not be a flaw or possibly a crack that appears to run to the rim ?.

Exactly what it is, die crack running perfectly through the E

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Agree with the others, definitely a die flaw, Rick. Very common in buns, especially the older ones.

If it were an overstrike, it wouldn't run up to and cross the linear circle.

 

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On 12/18/2016 at 5:33 AM, Rick2020 said:

oopppssss

I did something wrong.

Here is the pic

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I have an example just like yours..

It's  a die crack..

 

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Does this type of die crack give this coin any extra value or does it do the opposite and make it a curiosity with little value?

 

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It is just a natural progression in the life of the die. i.e quite normal.

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I am not sure if this is relevant but in terms of the E being recut in the 1860 . It appears to occur in many specimens particular type which i have tried to show has the smaller E the base is the old curly lettering and the P and the N and N together with many smaller letters overprinted on the obverse.  It seems to be linked with these old smaller letters rather than a shift in the legend during minting as the bases are often lower or higher and show no movement on the tops.  

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here are some of the obverse letterings on these 1860s...oh it won't let me load the multiple obverse errors ...in fact every letter is a smaller curly base under the larger lettering I have always thought it pretty special 

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Looks like the coin has possibly been double struck or even more between the P and E  it looks very much like the trident prong tips just sitting below the linear circle? also strange that you mention smaller lettering I was going to say the date looks like it has been struck over a smaller date. possibly an 8 inside the 0 and a smaller 6 under the 6?

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Yes I have found a few where the smaller date exists under the larger ones 

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