1996 5 Cents - Is This A Die Clash Or Something Else?

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staircase Valued Member Canada 241 Posts	Posted 02/10/2012 7:50 pm Hi there, thanks for taking a look. The '96 shown below is in bad shape, but it has a set of lines on the obverse I've not seen before. The reverse has a couple of very short raised lines at 4:00 and 5:00, but otherwise nothing else. On the obverse, there are slightly skewed raised lines of varying length that begin at the forehead of the portrait and end at the chin. Initially I thought of a die clash, but the total vertical distance between the lines doesn't jive with the opposing details. Please let me know what this might be and thanks for your time! Edit: sp & title Edited by staircase 02/10/2012 8:44 pm Report this Post to the Staff

DvntMstr Valued Member Canada 223 Posts	Posted 02/10/2012 10:06 pm It looks like die damage to me Report this Post to the Staff
mysterious_dr_x Valued Member Canada 284 Posts	Posted 02/10/2012 10:57 pm Yeah looks like tool damage, I don't think it's a clash. Report this Post to the Staff
Scissel Pillar of the Community Canada 693 Posts	Posted 02/11/2012 11:16 am These are caused by tooling marks on the die. A mint worker took a file to the die to fix it up, but did not polish out the lines before the die was put back into service. I wonder what the problem was that they were trying to fix? Report this Post to the Staff
staircase Valued Member Canada 241 Posts	Posted 02/11/2012 11:36 am Thanks for the comments, much appreciated! Good question, why did the die require re-working in that area? Thanks again, I'll chalk it up as yet another learning experience. Report this Post to the Staff
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