Found a second die in the same box, also 1990. Ends above the left arm instead of at the left arm.
Honestly, this discovery makes me a bit skeptical of both. There are no other similar gouges on this coin. It's either a
DDR or a well placed and well shaped die gouge and I'm not sure which is more likely. Might have to do more research on these.
I think it might be way too coincidental that two nearly identical DDRs (that are 100% from different dies) exist for the same date especially when bar-on-column DDRs are extremely uncommon on coins before 1996 and both have the same unusual tilt to them.
I also think it's weird that on this new example the doubling seems to be on top of the column which, correct me if I'm wrong, is also unusual for these types of DDRs. Rephrase: The doubling on this new example seems to overlap the column, which I have never seen before but I guess it is possible for a
DDR to cause this.

Edited by Tanman2001
06/17/2019 9:12 pm