Ike 1974 D

[sagethyme]

This dollar coin has many issues and I am unable to figure out the nature of the errors. The most obvious ones on the obverse are the circles around the rim and a much smaller one the face. Notice how the edge of the coin is smaller along the bottom of the coin than it is at the top. There are some deep indents and mangled rim to the right of the date. The letters and numbers along the edge are indented from whatever made the circles. The eye area looks very thick. The reverse has a circle around the edge which is much less pronounced. There are a few stars that have the appearance of doubling. The earth has a large streak of silver shooting out and there are silvers lines visable around the coin. There are some other errors as well. I have attached the maximum number of pictures ( I would have added more) to try and show the errors as I am sure my description isn't very clear. Any info about the coin would be gratefully appreciated.

Linda


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The circles are post-strike damage.
Slight differences in rim thickness are normal and are produced by minor misalignments of the obverse (hammer) die.
There is damage to the rim near the date.
The doubling on the stars appears to be machine doubling. This is caused by die instability and is very common.
The streaks extending from the earth may be intentional die abrasion or perhaps die damage. This and the machine doubling would be the only legitimate errors. Otherwise your coin is a normal coin that was damaged after it was released into circulation.