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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have a few of the Shields now showing something I have not seen before - is it the beginning of a Die Crack? Thanks for looking    |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Is that area raised or incuse? If it is incuse, it might be a contact mark on the coin. If it is raised, it might be die polishing that enhanced that area of the die.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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These pictures are from 3 separate coins, they are all raised.
thanks
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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So if you checked the three coins, you would probably find the same markers on all three? If they are different, please include the date and mint mark and we can see if this is a die issue or a master die issue?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yes, they have the same markers, They are all 2015 Phillies Each coin each has these 3 additional chips and cracks    |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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So now an image of the lower right shield area at a 90 degrees different angle might show us more as to what is going on there?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice photos and interesting thread! Thanks!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks Pete, I actually had more but it wasn't until I kept finding them that it actually clicked that something new might be going on. These are always so riddled with chips and cracks that I don't pay a whole lot of attention to them. So I probably threw at least 5-10 back into the mix.
Will be interesting to see what coop says about them.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks like a bit of die abrasion that touched the inside part of the die leaving a mark on that area of the coins. I don't see it raised a lot. so it maybe just a slight disturbance on that die area.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks coop, appreciate your time on this one. I'll just toss them back into the pile.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I would save them for now. If nothing turns up later on, then put them back into circulation. But when something new is found, it maybe something that we might kick ourselves later for getting rid of.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Will do as you say coop, Thanks again for your help.
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Posted 03/15/2016 2:23 pm
