| Author |
 Replies: 17 / Views: 1,942 |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3330 Posts |
This feature is incuse. It does not appear to be PMD, but I guess it is possible. Could this have been a depression in the planchet prior to striking? The coin weighs 2.55g    Edited by Pete2226
06/17/2015 3:30 pm
|
|
|
|
Valued Member
United States
449 Posts |
Looks like a die chip to me.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
 United States
3330 Posts |
Quote:
Looks like a die chip to me. But the feature is incuse - wouldn't that mean it could not be a die chip? The depth of this is as much or slightly more than the depth of Abe's inner ear on a well struck LMC. It appears to be essentially a uniform depth of about 0.4 mm.  Edited by Pete2226
06/17/2015 4:34 pm
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3463 Posts |
It's not a die chip.
Maybe it is a bag mark.
|
|
Moderator
 United States
56855 Posts |
Struck through debris or planchet flaw,IMHO John1  |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
2376 Posts |
Probably struck through a chip of metal
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3330 Posts |
|
|
New Member
10 Posts |
The mint mark looks over size BOLD
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3330 Posts |
 to CCF tagurbit! Here are a couple of photos of the mint mark. Any other comments?   |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
2376 Posts |
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3330 Posts |
Helpful site reference, stoneman227 - Thanks!
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3330 Posts |
I just discovered that this cent has a slight rotation - about 10 degree CW.   Edited by Pete2226
06/19/2015 1:03 pm
|
|
Moderator
United States
56855 Posts |
10 degrees has no added value but keep it if you like. John1 |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
2775 Posts |
It looks raised on my in. Optical illusions bite me all the time.  If incused I would think struck through or watch for a defatted gas bubble as well. Rookies thoughts. Thanks, Doug. PS: Rotation though not high degree is a bonus. |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
3330 Posts |
Quote:
10 degrees has no added value but keep it if you like. Thanks John1. I think added value may begin somewhere around 45 degrees or greater. |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
4932 Posts |
On the topic of rotations...I found the 1994 cent that is notorious to have about a 165* rotation. The cool part about it was it was found detecting. That's why I always check even my zincoln's. UNC details Edited by CoinHuntingDrew
06/19/2015 4:09 pm
|
| |
Replies: 17 / Views: 1,942 |
Posted 06/17/2015 4:13 pm
