2009 P Sacagawea Possible Die Chip?...

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Morpheouss New Member United States 32 Posts	Posted 02/03/2020 09:09 am I posted this earlier then realized I forgot to mark the area in question... Oops... Okay well that is done now... Any thoughts?... These are the best 2 pics I could get... Report this Post to the Staff

JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21633 Posts	Posted 02/03/2020 10:02 am Looks like a small Die Chip to me. Report this Post to the Staff
Morpheouss New Member United States 32 Posts	Posted 02/03/2020 10:04 am Thanks Jimmy I think so too but I figured I would get some opinions on it & Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 02/03/2020 10:14 am It is in an odd location for a die chip. Not sayin' it isn't but might be a die gouge or a cladding issue? John1 Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21633 Posts	Posted 02/03/2020 1:06 pm My reason for saying die Chip is that they are both slightly different which would be consistent with the chip slowly breaking away. If it was a die gouge, they would both be the same. Not saying I'm right, just my line of thought. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 02/03/2020 2:23 pm Die chips happen most of the time on the fields/design, devices areas. But like this coin the chip fell off the deeper part of the die. We see this often on dimes. We attribute it to brittle dies where par of the deeper devices chip away. It couldn't be a gouge. A die gouge usually only affects the field areas on the die. Report this Post to the Staff
Morpheouss New Member United States 32 Posts	Posted 02/04/2020 11:05 am Thanks for the input John and Coop... So what do we think? Cladding issue? Chip?...I can try for better pics later to post if I can... Thanks again for your time guys... Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 02/04/2020 11:46 am Coop is the pro,so it is a die chip. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 02/04/2020 12:32 pm Looks like your coin maybe a VLDS example? It is part of the die aging process: You can see the die aging. (probably not an exact image process, but I used images that were available) What I thought was an elbow, isn't. Report this Post to the Staff
Morpheouss New Member United States 32 Posts	Posted 02/04/2020 4:30 pm I wish I could get a pic that shows it better... Just a small blob on top of the ladies butt lol... The die definitely appears to be aged but the chip(as it were)is well raised above the surface it is on... Crappy camera from my phone lol... Report this Post to the Staff
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