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Enyaw Valued Member Canada 458 Posts	Posted 03/07/2023 2:03 pm I found a die gouge by the FG on this coin. Has anyone seen one in this location before? Report this Post to the Staff

NEWmrMatic Valued Member United States 366 Posts	Posted 03/07/2023 4:50 pm I was confused when I started collecting and learned from this site that Lighting causes shadow's sometimes and makes for tricky images. This looks incused to me, a die gouge or crack would cause a raised mark because the planchet sinks into the Die Crack causing it to be raised on the Coin, Rarely is anything incused like this mark a minting error. Just think of how letters and numbers are raised it's because they are incused on the die not the planchet. Make sense? However, some coins have incused letters and it's hard to tell. Take the 2020 Penny for example, some letters on that coin are incused so therefore the die would have raised letters for that coin and some letters. Edited by NEWmrMatic 03/07/2023 4:53 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 94786 Posts	Posted 03/07/2023 5:23 pm a lot of glare, but it looks raised to me (IF) the lighting is coming in from the right. and if so, then it may be a die gouge. And no, I have not see it before. 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
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21584 Posts	Posted 03/07/2023 6:06 pm Looks raised to me also and no I have not seen it. If this is a Die Gouge, there would be many more like it out there, maybe no one has bothered to post it yet. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 03/07/2023 6:34 pm to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/08/2023 12:48 pm Looks more like a die scratch. A gouge would be a lot larger: Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 94786 Posts	Posted 03/08/2023 4:14 pm But I think the gouge started on the field, moving upwards, then dropping into the device and continuing the gouge (but with lighter intensity) in the device. Red oval highlights the entire gouge, the blue circle indicates where the 'whatever' was dropping down into the device, missing a bit as it dropped, then continuing. 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
HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 24939 Posts	Posted 03/08/2023 4:57 pm Enyaw, can you post images of the entire obverse and reverse so that an overlay could be constructed? Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
Enyaw Valued Member Canada 458 Posts	Posted 03/08/2023 6:57 pm Thank you for the warm welcome and for your thoughts! I have attached more pictures as requested. I think I can see the striation lines mentioned by coop in the 3rd photo? Report this Post to the Staff
silviosi Pillar of the Community Canada 6244 Posts	Posted 03/08/2023 7:01 pm This it is a Die Scratch, Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 94786 Posts	Posted 03/08/2023 7:07 pm --- scratch - gouge - a matter of semantics. 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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