2008P J. Q. Adams dollar with trails

[wavysteps]

Although this is far from being one of the spectacular trail dies, it does have a few milestones.

It is the first recorded dollor coin with trails (others have been seen but never filed).

It is the first 2008 die that has been reported with a trails.






Trails can be seen from the flames of Liberty's torch and from the ES of STATES. The offset direction northeast. This is now in the trail files as 2008P-100DER-001T.

I would like to congratulate Mary Fantauzzo for this excellent find. Thanks Mary for your sharp eyes.

BJ Neff

[MaryJF]

Again, thank you, BJ. And thanks for all your hard work on this subject. I'll be sure to let you know if I find any others.

[BIM Mania]

I believe I found one very similar.

It has trails in same direction from the torch (north-east). Also, the letters ES of STATES show the trail.

I managed to find in among rolls distributed by the US Mint.

Very Cool. (be sure to double-click the smaller image for a larger view).

Thanks.

HK torch liberty J Q dollar.jpg

[wavysteps]

That sure does look like one. Nice find.

BJ Neff

[MaryJF]

BIM - if you check the obverse, I'm sure you'll find that Ole Johnny Boy has a severe case of acne The several I've found all have the same markings.

[BIM Mania]

This is def the case, MaryJF.

I was picking up those markers on the obverse and setting them aside to look closer at a later date. Then I started looking intently at the reverse face and 'wha-bam', there were the trails.

I've found several others, the degree of trails vary, some weaker, some stronger.

Thanks.