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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Very interesting...  Seems rather far away and awfully tilted, but  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3582 Posts |
Wow, very interesting indeed.
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Pillar of the Community
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Curious if the ddr-004 is a secondary column.
Your last image seems to show a second raised line in the lower left corner as well.
Definitely not from hits.
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Interesting find. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's definitely something that isn't PMD. Really interesting coin. There's a lot going on with that die pair. There is fairly heavy die clash polishing and some post-polishing additional die clashing. There are quite a few significant surface die cracks and a few deeper cracks. The cracks SE of the mm are also interesting. Overall, this die pair was working long past retirement age. One of the surface cracks on the reverse meanders from 9 o'clock to 3 o'clock through the Memorial. It looks like it is nearly coast-to-coast, but not deep enough to affect the devices. Could the lower of the raised lines in the bay be part of the long surface die crack? The upper line sure looks like it is either a DDR or possibly a deep die gouge. |
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Pillar of the Community
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It tapers off more than WDDR-003 (DDR-004) does so I'd lean more towards being a gouge but it does deserve a closer look.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thank you all for your evaluations of this coin. I think I will send in.
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I think that I agree with CoinHi - it being a die gouge.
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Pillar of the Community
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I sent it in for attribution. I will share the results when it comes back. Thanks for all of your comments.
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Pillar of the Community
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Reasonable to send this one in. The diagonal seems like an obvious die gouge, but the shadowy bulge below it could be clash or part of a DDR. So the whole picture looks like a combo and not a DDR, but worth having it reviewed. |
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Pillar of the Community
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The results are in! As it turns out Dearborn and everyone else who said die gouge are correct. It not a DDR. But know at least I know.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for the update.
now we know.
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Quote:As it turns out Dearborn and everyone else who said die gouge are correct. It not a DDR. But know at least I know. Thank you for sharing.  |
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Posted 09/16/2026 01:13 am
