Half Dollar Proof Reverse Dies With Trails
1956PR-50DEO-001T 330º
DESCRIPTION: Trail lines are seen on the letters of the motto E. P. U. Also seen is a trail line from the D in the word DOLLAR. The offset direction is 330°.
DIE MARKERS: Stage “A“, obverse is EDS – none noted.
Reverse is EDS – none noted.
NOTE: This die was found by Robert Pelletier.
1957PR-50DER-002T 330°
DESCRIPTION: Trail lines are seen on the tops of the letters in the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM. The offset direction is 330°.
DIE MARKERS: Stage “B“, obverse is MDS – none noted. Notching is seen on the R of LIBERTY.
Reverse is MDS – none noted. Notching is seen on the R of AMERICA.
NOTE: This die was found by Robert M. Pelletier
1957PR-50DER-001T 330°
DESCRIPTION: Trail lines are seen on the letters of the motto E. P. U. Also seen is a trail line from the D in the word DOLLAR. The offset direction is 330°.
DIE MARKERS: Stage “A“, obverse is EDS – none noted.
Reverse is EDS – none noted.
NOTE: This die was found by Robert Pelletier.
1960PR-50DER-001T 330°
DESCRIPTION: Trail lines are seen on the motto E. P. U. The offset direction is 330°.
DIE MARKERS: Stage “A“, obverse is EDS – obverse die is 1960PR-1DEO-001T
Reverse is EDS – none noted.
NOTE: This die was found by Robert Pelletier.
1960PR-50DER-002T 190°
DESCRIPTION: Trail lines are seen from the bottom of the letters in the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM. The offset direction is 190°.
DIE MARKERS: Stage “A“, obverse is EDS – none noted.
Reverse is EDS – none noted.
NOTE: This die was found by Robert M. Pelletier
1961PR-50DER-001T 340°
DESCRIPTION: Trail lines are seen from the tops of the letters in the motto EPU. The offset direction is 340°.
DIE MARKERS: Stage “A“, obverse is EDS – none noted.
Reverse is EDS – a small die chip is seen on the left side of the I in PLURIBUS.
NOTE: This die was found by Robert M. Pelletier.
1961PR-50DER-002T 330°
DESCRIPTION: Trail lines are seen from the tops of the letters in the motto EPU. The offset direction is 330°.
DIE MARKERS: Stage “A“, obverse is EDS – none noted.
Reverse is EDS – none noted.
NOTE: This die was found by Robert M. Pelletier.
1970SPR-50DER-001T 350°
Description: Strong trail lines are seen on the shield emanating from the shield stripes, from EPU into the ribbon, from the left arrow tip into the field, and from the two innermost olive leave tops into the field. There are very faint trails coming from the stars in two sets of directions but seem too light to note as a distinct 2nd or 3rd set.
Die Markers: Stage “A“, obverse is EDS – faint die scratches within the ear, even fainter die scratches or die anomaly at the corner of the mouth.
Reverse is EDS – none noted.
NOTE: This die was found by Christopher Lakkala of Hawaii.