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Posted 05/08/2022 12:37 pm
Contact marks can happen on one side of the coin or if on both sides cause by pliers. You have to ask yourself. How could there be a incuse mark on the rim of a coin? In order for this to happen it would have to be something raised on the die and on this die area, on the gutter:
Note the arrow on the image. That is the gutter that between the collar and this area of the die creates a rim on a coin. So how could there be something raised on that area of the die? The only way it could happen is if the gutter chipped away:
That would show an area taller than the rim:
Raised, not incuse. It is coin damage. Just a contact mark on the rim of your coin.
Note the arrow on the image. That is the gutter that between the collar and this area of the die creates a rim on a coin. So how could there be something raised on that area of the die? The only way it could happen is if the gutter chipped away:
That would show an area taller than the rim:
Raised, not incuse. It is coin damage. Just a contact mark on the rim of your coin.
