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Looks like feeder finger marks.
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But if they were feeder finger marks wouldn't they go through the letters in through the branch none of these lines go through anything so these aren't scratches and I don't believe that they are feeder finger marks... but then again I'm also I'm here asking other people's opinions so I guess take that for what you will...lol
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They appear raised so not struck through. If it's raised on the coin it was incuse on the die. If incuse in the coin then it was raised on the die. They seem to be die gouges to me and a fair amount of the. What ever caused it was damage to the die itself. I'll wait for others to chime in though I think it could be a few different things but they basically all sum up to die damage.
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Ahh feeder finger marks would add make sense. And they would not effect the devices due to them being incuse in the die. Since the fields ate the high point on the die, that is where most damage will occured and show up on coins.
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Not Feeder Finger Damage as it runs horizontal on the Single squeeze dies:  This looks more like a die scratches issue on the reverse die. Note on the feeder fingers die issues, the lines are more confined to the center of the design. On die polishing scratches they show under devices on the outside edge of the die. But this is the first one through the years that have been posted on the FFD. Seems like this would have showed up a lot earlier on these dies on the multi squeezed dies. (Seems like 1998/1999 is when they changed over on the dimes to the single squeeze process. If someone had some time and a micrometer, to check the height of the designs, we might be able to figure out was years they changed. But then another question comes up, what of the obverse and the reverses didn't change over at the same time? Just wondering if anyone had one to test out to figure when the change over happened? |
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Edited by Wrekkdd
12/13/2021 4:00 pm
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Definitely some interesting feedback here and as always I truly appreciate all the positive feedback related for the coin... yeah I could care less if he carried any kind of Premium to it I like the coin and so it's going to stay in the collection that's for sure I was just quite curious as to what caused the lines... Thank you fellas...
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Well I learned something new here. So the feeder fingers enter from the side of the striking chamber? Hmm..
So I'm guessing that the verdict here is a die gouge then?
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If that's the case here what then would cause so many gouges in the die like that and to be perfectly straight lines? And one other question I'm sorry if it's a stupid one but I have no experience when it comes to grading companies, but if I sent the coin to be graded would the Grading Company be able to definitively say what it was that caused the damage/error? Not interested in selling it, I like it, just very curious... thank you all again for the feedback!
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I can buy coop's explanation about die scratches. I would have said feeder damage, but coop's our expert here, so scratches it is then!  |
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