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bhthib3381 New Member United States 49 Posts	Posted 03/21/2014 1:33 pm I'm a newbie just starting my collection. I found a few coins with what I think are trail dies. Are trail dies gouges in the die? Are these worth keeping or are they numerous enough that it isn't worth it? Report this Post to the Staff

jamesd Valued Member United States 281 Posts	Posted 03/21/2014 1:43 pm I would look through traildies.com and look through there. I have some of mine listed and photos on there, not sure what they are worth but I keep the good ones. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/21/2014 1:47 pm They are on the die. How is not sure, but it maybe a problem with the die/hub separating. These are not doubled dies but similar to wavy steps. They appear through the dies life if they don't get polished out. Some are hard to see, but others a obvious. The stronger the more interest in these: Report this Post to the Staff
bhthib3381 New Member United States 49 Posts	Posted 03/21/2014 1:56 pm Will a trail die ever start on the edge of an object and pass through another? Is that how to tell the difference between a trail die and a die gouge? I'm going to get that DVD in the near future coop. I've been going through life with all this change in my pocket and until recently I didn't understand how interesting those coins really were. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/21/2014 2:10 pm Good question. In the images I posted it does not. But if something passes through or behind a device, that is usually a die scratch/gouge/dent. Sorry I don't have a gouge/dent/scratch that runs through a device image now. (I've got almost 3,000 and that one was so common, I didn't save one....) Edited by coop 03/21/2014 2:13 pm Report this Post to the Staff
jamesd Valued Member United States 281 Posts	Posted 03/21/2014 3:33 pm http://www.traildies.com/2000p-1der_011-020/ mine is the 2000p-1DER 014.considered a major one. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/21/2014 6:10 pm Just looking at a few of them, it seems they don't extend beyond a device. Nice question. Report this Post to the Staff
jamesd Valued Member United States 281 Posts	Posted 03/21/2014 7:00 pm I did not see any of them extending beyond the end of the device either. Report this Post to the Staff
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