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Pillar of the Community
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Looks like it might be a light scrape.
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Pillar of the Community
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Just scratches/marks and Pareidolia, I'm afraid. There's no way something like this could happen at the mint. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Can you post full coin pics? Doesn't look like much from these, but another pic may help.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Bedrock of the Community
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If it were on the die, it would be raised. But like a ghost, it really isn't there. The brain is trying to convince you that something is there, but is not. Just like a cloud that looks like a ice cream cone. Can you eat it? It is not real. The brain tries to make sense of it. Just like when you have a dream, and it is so logical. But the next day when you remember it, it makes no sense at all. It is not really there.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pareidolia--the bane of numismatists and sailors lost at sea.
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Coincident circulation damage, like seeing animal shapes in the clouds.  to the CCF! |
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to the CCF! It would need to show more of a relationship to the date on the coin. The shape of the anomaly is very close to the 1 & 9 devices, but not the same. If this were a case of the digits filling with grease, dropping into the striking chamber and then leaving an incuse image on the coin, they would be exactly the same shape and size, and most likely much, much deeper and sharper. ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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I agree with the charge of Pareidolia. I also agree full photos are always best.  to the CCF!  |
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to the Community! |
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