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Valued Member
United States
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Caught this while hunting cracks and chips. I can only see it under the microscope. Looks like a perfect little circle next to the date. Most likely just PMD but looks interesting.    |
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Valued Member
United States
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Can you tell if that mark is raised?
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Valued Member
 United States
157 Posts |
As far as I can tell, it appears raised. It's size makes it difficult.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
If level with the field, it maybe a stain.
If incuse on field it would be damage
If raised on the die, then it would be an alteration on the die.
If this were a die issue, then we would expect to see more examples from that that die. But if this is the only one, it maybe just a damaged coin?
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Valued Member
United States
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I agree. However, it was so small, it would have been easy to overlook. Stains rarely leave a perfect circle. If it was added after the mint then I can't image what could have been used to make it. It's less than halve the size of the date numbers.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I've seen something like this on a cent once and thought it was lathe lines, but it was incuse on the coin:  But Mike Diamond pointed out that they were incuse lines. On a lathe line, they are raised, not incuse.  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Hewart, any chance you can get a close-up of the circle?
Coop, on your incuse mystery, it looks like a spiral. I wonder if it could have been struck through a small spiral spring since it's incuse?
Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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Moderator
United States
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curious coin. can't wait to see a nice close-up  |
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Valued Member
United States
157 Posts |
OK... This is an optical illusion. Here are a couple more pics. I can't really see it at close magnification. What I got is what looks like PMD. When you back out it appears as a circle. But it disapears up close. I made some graphic adjustments and I can see what looks like a tiny but of damage. Other than that, I have no idea.    |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks for those extra images. PMD makes sense since it's incuse. Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The closer you get...the more it disappears...like some of my old girlfriends.  KK |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
Could be a stain. On the bow tie, it looks like over polishing on that area of the last image. But on the other two images, there is nothing seen. Thus I feel it is just a coloring of the surface on the coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The closer you get...the more it disappears...like some of my old girlfriends. We must have dated some of the same women. Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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