2007 Utah Quarter: Massive Die Gouge? Crack? Scratch?

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Shnug Valued Member United States 68 Posts	Posted 12/30/2013 1:52 pm I took this into my local coin shop today, figuring that since the line was raised above the coin's surface that I had an error coin on my hands! Now what the man there said was that he suspected that a mint worker might've accidentally gouged the die of the coins, causing the raised strip down the center. What do you think, CCF? Report this Post to the Staff

biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 12/30/2013 2:04 pm It is just one big post-mint scratch. Die gouges affect the fields are are very rarely found on top of the devices. On a die, the fields are the highest point while the design is sunk into the die. Deep scratches on a coin will frequently cause vertical displacement of the metal(think of it as digging a ditch with mounds of shoveled dirt on both sides). Report this Post to the Staff
coinaki Valued Member United States 207 Posts	Posted 12/30/2013 2:41 pm Coin scratch. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 12/30/2013 2:57 pm Quote: Deep scratches on a coin will frequently cause vertical displacement of the metal(think of it as digging a ditch with mounds of shoveled dirt on both sides). As is clear in this case. Report this Post to the Staff
albertharris Pillar of the Community United States 901 Posts	Posted 12/30/2013 11:25 pm One might say it got spiked Report this Post to the Staff
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