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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's not a scratch, raised on coin. Distorted area reverse side of coin that aligns with mark.   *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Could we see the reverse?
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Valued Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6478 Posts |
Damage. You can see the upset metal.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Also, how it tapers at the R... PMD |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
901 Posts |
Reverse side is Hawaii Volcano. Photo only shows some doubling lava bombs along reverse side of obverse feature. Error form comments die cracks are more jagged.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
901 Posts |
Again this is a raised area on the coin, not a scratch. This feature comes from the die.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6478 Posts |
If it is raised, why is the raised part of R in AMERICA glary, and the cut going through it not shiny? Because there is a shadow inside the valley of the cut.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
757 Posts |
The easiest way I can see to compare damage vs mint error would be to damage a quarter in a similar way. Hold a quarter in some vice grips and scratch it with a screwdriver. You should have made a very similar looking coin. With the scratch moving metal out of the gouge it will feel raised. A true die crack the entire crack is raised not just the edges. This thread has a very good picture of a die crack you can compare to your coin. https://goccf.com/t/176934 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
901 Posts |
Again it is not a scratch, it is a raised area on the coin. It must have been produced when the coin was struck. If this is a unique feature then it is probably collectable. So far the best answer I've gotten is a big die scratch or toolmark.
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Moderator
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I have to agree with albertharris. Based on light direction, it looks raised to me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
562 Posts |
Could you provide an angled, close up picture of the line where it passes through Washington's neck?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Closeup photo: note die chip on top of mark!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Tooling would only affect one level of the die. The fields are the outside edge and deeper die (areas raised upward on the coin) would not be tooled like this. It is coin damage.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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As I stated in the other thread, angled cuts will vertically displace metal. What you see is a shard of metal directly related to the cutting action, not a die chip.
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United States
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Yes. It does look more like a cut in the second photo.
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Posted 10/07/2015 6:40 pm
