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jdickinson New Member Korea, Republic Of 38 Posts	Posted 05/13/2012 7:18 pm How do I tell the difference between die cracks,gouges lamination errors and PMD like scratches and cuts? Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 05/13/2012 8:57 pm If that was a pattern of die cracking, small pieces of the die would have progressively fallen off. The other suggested alternative is more likely. Perhaps there has been some sort of impacted die damage, but that is less likely. Report this Post to the Staff
War Nickel Valued Member United States 172 Posts	Posted 05/13/2012 9:07 pm Imagine a die , which is the negative of the image shown, having a crack. The crack in the die is therefore a an actual channel with metal missing. The "die crack" on the struck coin is the negative of THAT crack in the die and is therefore a raised ridge of metal that protrudes above the "cieling" of the die. Hope that makes sense... Its a cool die crack, by the way! How on EARTH did you spot that? Report this Post to the Staff
War Nickel Valued Member United States 172 Posts	Posted 05/13/2012 9:09 pm By the way, there seems to be a pattern to the cracks, like a small triangle near outside edge of the last S in States. Report this Post to the Staff
papatony Pillar of the Community United States 808 Posts	Posted 05/13/2012 9:57 pm see if this helps got it from a Coop post. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 05/13/2012 10:42 pm Looks like some die polishing. If they were die cracks they would be raised, and flow OVER the devices. Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 05/14/2012 06:43 am I'm beginning to wonder what I'm reading. The OP here asked what they have on their dime. It's obviously die scratches/gouges but the OP got every answer but that until Coop stepped in with an example. Can we at least TRY to only give a definitive answer if we have a CLUE what we are talking about? Report this Post to the Staff
jdickinson New Member Korea, Republic Of 38 Posts	Posted 05/14/2012 09:18 am Thanks for the clarification, I was a bit confused. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 05/14/2012 11:00 am They are "die scratches" from some heavy handed "polishing" done with some coarse equipment to remove clash marks from IN WE at the last three letters of STATES. The mint used to refer to this kind of work as "stoning" of the die. Edited by Conder101 05/14/2012 11:01 am Report this Post to the Staff
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