REVERSE OF earlier 1999-D post DD or Clashed or Dbl Strike???

[Novicetoerr]

Can you visualize the EAR?

Thanks,
NVTEs

[diamond]

There is nothing here of any interest.

[Novicetoerr]

Just want to have an understanding of this unusual image of the EAR AREA
how it could have been been imprinted in the REVERSE area.


Thanks...NVTEs

[fugnchill]

Just thought I would throw in some advice. Very often when there is gunk on the coin it can look or the imagination can make you see things. Water stains, verdi-gris...anything can look like something that really isn't there. Look at proven doubled dies and look at the details and then think of how it was made. Possibly look at a coin with damage and make note of how the metal is pushed and could take the appearance of a similar design detail. If you don't do the homework, you won't graduate!

Lestrrr

[Novicetoerr]

We were hoping that this "image" is already a known phenomena to
experienced collectors.

However, if not, we'd like to provide the following information which we have observed since we 3 NVTEs started collecting.

The "image" is the highest point of all the LCM OVERSE devices. It is the
"EAR and its top and bottom areas". Have not fully examined yet whether it is incused or raised.

Also, we have stumbled on another LCM coin (1995 D attached photos) that is colored in both sides. Don't know why it is colored. Overse has yellowish green while reverse is red. Another intriguing characteristic of it is... that in the Overse side, random surface areas were scraped off its color exposing the true copper plating color of some portions of the designs.

At closer mag, we didn't notice that intriguing characteristic, but when we zoomed out, it revealed what seem to be the highest points of the designs.
One of them is the "EAR AREA" that corresponds to the posted "image".

Let me know your thoughts...Thanks again...NVTEs

[Novicetoerr]

Understanding this phenomena can answer some or many of the possible misleading perceptions of some images that you may have observed (whether perceived as another image; or left as inconclusive).


NVTEs

[Steven]

I really don't understand the concept of scraping dirt off a coin and then imagining what the cleaned part looks like or what an EAR ERA is???? Could you explain that to me.

[Novicetoerr]

Sorry if we've not stated clearly...

We found the coin in that condition. How the color was scraped off is not known to us. That natural worn condition (e.g., handling) when we found them seems to point out that they (and the others) can be the highest points of the design as they wear the first to get scraped.

(Seeing the earlobe as one of the scraped areas backs up BJ's statement that the earlobe is the "highest" point of the Overse design. Being the "highest" among all, though, can not be confirmed by this coin, unless the actual coin manufacturing specification states so.) The top of the ear
area, looks higher than the earlobe, though.


NVTEs

[Novicetoerr]

This may further help explain what we may expect to see on a DOUBLED EAR,
(as being potentially "not only eralobe", but then some "others" more).


NVTEs

[diamond]

It's just a discolored coin.