Crossing The Delaware Quarter With "Comet" (2021)

Since the devices appear to have struck up fully, even in the presence of the incuse defect, stuck through grease does not seem likely.

Is it possible the defect was introduced during the cladding process? In order to bond the layers of metal they use rollers that apply substantial pressure, which, while not as great as when struck by the dies, still must be great enough to cause the layers to bond.

Might a foreign substance on the clad layer as it's being rolled produce something like this?

We need Mike on this for a once and for all answer.
John1

HGK3 might be on to something. I'm thinking that this crater stuff was present prior to the die being applied since most of the die is actually readable which rules out anything grease related since it is not smooth, but rough and under the surface of the coin.

On top of it it looks like part of a letter between letters S and H making it look like the coin slipped as the die was applied and added a part of a letter die where there should be space.

Marlies

Would love to hear Mike's input on this!

Marlies