2016-P Roosevelt Dime With Incuse Trails

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I don't think these add value, but I also (from what I've read) don't think the mechanism that is causing it is well understood.

Looks like a beautiful coin to me. I wish I was able to contribute. So are the normal raised Trail Dies from Vertical movement on release?

Horizontal movement

On a Trail die, the die strikes the coin giving it the coin all design elements, but scrapes horizontally against the hub upon release. That gives the die recessed trails which impart raised trails on the coins it later strikes.
So.. to have incuse trails on the coin, the die would have to have raised trails. It stands to reason for the die to have raised trails, the hub must have had horizontal contact with the Master hub that gave it it's face.
Hopefully an expert will weigh in. If my theory is correct, I have discovered a new Variety/Error. If that is the case, I think I will name it the Bizarro Effect. lol
About a year and a half. You can learn a lot in little time as long as it interests you. Learning the minting processes helps a lot.

It's a lot to take in all at one time. For me, I have to see a lot of things a few times. The more you post coins, the quicker you learn, because overall, your own coins interest you most.
When I started, I concentrated on differentiating anomalies on coins. I soon learned understanding mint processes is helpful.

It is a pretty die die state. I went ahead and cropped the first pic.


The coin has a few scratches. I believe the reverse die has some raised trails. Maybe I should send this one to ANACS?

Sorry that I have not been on the forum as of late. Just a lot of things happening; some good, some bad.

As to the incused trail lines. They are more than likely from a working hub that had trails, that then made working dies.

I first hypotheses this idea awhile back when incused trail lines were found on the Lincoln cents. For further information, check this link:

[urlhttp://www.traildies.com/working-hubs-with-trails/][/url]

BJ Neff

Glad you're back BJ. I was starting to doubt my own self. My afore stated hypotheses concurs exactly with yours (I read your link). Unfortunately for me, there will be no Bizarro Trails, because of the prior existence of the Anti Trails. I will revel however, as the discoverer of the 2016-P 10C Anti Trail Die. By the way, I continue to find new regular Trail Dies, including a 2014-P 5C DER Major Trail Die with Wavy Steps. I also have one on the obverse and one with trails at three different off-sets, yep, three different off-sets. I don't post them here anymore because I have posted so many already. If you like, I'll send some your way for your website. Ah ha, I am the discoverer of a new Variety/Error Die!
Coop, it is my sincere pleasure to have taught you something for a change.