Alaska Quarter Die Flow Lines Dramatic

by NumisMaster on November 18, 2009

in Commemorative Coins, NumisMaster, U.S. Coins, United States Mint

A.G. Meredith of North Carolina sent in a 2008-P Alaska state quarter with a rather prominent example of an otherwise common effect seen on a large percentage of coins struck at the United States Mint’s coining facilities. The coin was obviously struck with a reverse die that was in a very-late-die-state where pebbly “orange peel” surfaces and very heavy die flow lines dominate.

This itself is nothing unusual. The U.S. Mint has a tendency to use business strike ...

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