'22 P Peace Dollar; 2e2 Wing Break?

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durkastani Valued Member United States 452 Posts	Posted 08/29/2015 9:16 pm Report this Post to the Staff

durkastani Valued Member United States 452 Posts	Posted 08/30/2015 04:23 am Just in case you were wondering I'm not referring to the contact damage. I'm asking about what actually resembles a die break. To the North of the contact damage in the dark blotch on the eagle's back. Report this Post to the Staff
dave700x Rest in Peace United States 10625 Posts	Posted 08/30/2015 10:24 am It can't be 2E2, the obverse die crack is quite different. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 08/30/2015 11:48 am That's the most common location for a die crack on a Peace dollar - a significant percentage of Peace dies crack there. Each of those cracks are slightly different, and may be used like fingerprints to help narrow down a variety. The feature on the back is plainly incuse, and therefore a postmint hit. Note the light shines on the side of it away from the lighting direction - had this been a positive, raised like a die break, the side nearest the light would be the reflecting side. Report this Post to the Staff
durkastani Valued Member United States 452 Posts	Posted 08/30/2015 1:11 pm I'm a bit confused about your explanation SsuperDdave. Incuse means "hammered or stamped in, as a figure on a coin." In the process of making a coin, the raised portions exist only because of the way everything else is hammered or stamped in around it correct? I mean, unless there are concave portions on the coin, the fields touch the planchet first. If a part on a coin looks raised it is due to hammering or material displacement up into a void as a result of hammering but the end results look identical. Post strike damage can be identified by a raised ridge outside the normal surface area of the coin at the edge of a depression correct? Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 08/30/2015 1:28 pm Raised features on a coin are, of course, incuse on the die so yes, the fields of the die hit the planchet first and pressure forces the devices to fill. So something incuse on the struck coin was a positive on the die. Not relevant here - it's visually plain that the feature you're referring to on the back is incuse, driven into the coin by an impact. The second detail pic is where the light most plainly identifies this; the first detail pic is simply obvious on its' face that the feature is incuse. Report this Post to the Staff
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