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Struck through? Minting Error?

Hey forum,
New poster, semi new collector here. I've been digging through a collection I recently picked up and this 1967 Kennedy half dollar has me questioning how i would describe it. IMO O think it would be a plain old "struck thorough debris", but wanted a little more insight, or if there is a possible different name for it. It doesnt look like a fiber to me.

Thanks in advance!
Screaming Eagles

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  • KliaoKliao Posts: 5,557 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Just a bag mark.

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  • Thanks for the welcoming,
    I'm going to try to post a better picture of the spot. My original thought was a bag mark but that would cause an indentation. This is definitely raised off of the hair. Possibly struck at an angle with the end of another coin, making it raise up?

  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,674 ✭✭✭✭✭

    IMHO looks like a ding from another coin hitting it

  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,475 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Screamingeagles said:
    I'm going to try to post a better picture of the spot. My original thought was a bag mark but that would cause an indentation. This is definitely raised off of the hair. Possibly struck at an angle with the end of another coin, making it raise up?

    If it is raised at any point then it is definitely not a struck through. A struck through would be entirely indented into the coin.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Screamingeagles....Welcome aboard.... definitely appears to be a hit or compression with another reeded coin edge....Cheers, RickO

  • tincuptincup Posts: 5,110 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Would need better pictures. If it is raised, then could have been minted by a die that was damaged in some way.

    Could also mean that something is 'stuck' or added on the coin after it left the mint. If it comes off with acetone, then post mint and no value.

    ----- kj
  • OldhoopsterOldhoopster Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It looks like there are raised surfaces on the side of the indented area. Whatever hit the coin to make the indent also displaced the metal causing the raised areas. Having both an indent adjacent raised areas cannot occur during the minting process. But it frequently happens when a coin gets hit with another hard object. Sorry, but your coin is damaged, not an error

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