2002 D Sacagawea Dollar From Mint Set Error Across Sacagawea's Face. Is It A Die Crack Or Gouge?

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coinhunter58 Valued Member United States 72 Posts	Posted 08/08/2022 09:38 am I found this coin in a mint set that appears to have a crack running across Sacagawea's face running from between the L and I in Liberty through the side of her eye, on by the nose and through her lips. I can't tell if this is a crack or just a gouge from something. Can you help me distinguish what this is? Edited by coinhunter58 08/08/2022 11:02 am Report this Post to the Staff

Kopper Ken Pillar of the Community United States 3402 Posts	Posted 08/08/2022 11:33 am If it's raised...which is what I think I'm seeing from the pics...it would be a die crack. Though it does look like there is a dig and some metal displaced...sorta like a de-lamination. Let's see what others say. KK Report this Post to the Staff
Chase007 Pillar of the Community United States 7514 Posts	Posted 08/08/2022 11:48 am To me ,it looks like a contact mark/scratch, looking at the line there are indentations and separations, it does not look like a solid,raised line like a die crack would be. Edited by Chase007 08/08/2022 11:49 am Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 08/08/2022 11:54 am Though the hair, it looks incuse as it doesn't flow over the top of the hair. A die crack on a BU coin will show the crack as a fully raised over the tops of devices, fields and design rise above. Also not the line is not straight and can show die chips on a real die crack. I'm not fully seeing that on this coin. If the coin is circulated a while, the die cracks can wear off on the coin on the highest devices. But if it s a scratch, the area will be incuse and flat in the trench: Note the plating on this cent, makes a look of moved snow where the plating was moved. So this is not raised, but the trench is incuse from damage to the coin on my example. So seeing closer into the trench with a close up will show us, it is a die crack or coin scratch. That is what I need to see on your coin. A closer view of the area in question. Edited by coop 08/08/2022 11:57 am Report this Post to the Staff
coinhunter58 Valued Member United States 72 Posts	Posted 08/08/2022 2:20 pm Thank you all for your valuable expert opinions and especially the examples of similar with explanations. Thanks again. Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 97062 Posts	Posted 08/08/2022 7:12 pm This looks like a light scratch to me. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
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