PMD Scratches or Die Scratches?
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I bought this coin for less than silver value and am curious as to the scratches. The arrow to the left looks like a die scratch, but not sure about the one to the left with the larger scratch across the base.
Jim
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Could that be a die crack?
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Indeed it is.
Possibly a die crack. Are the marks sunken in to the coins or are they raised?
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Are they raised or below the surface.?
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Look at the direction of the lighting
Found this
on coin community forum https://search.aol.com/click/_ylt=A0geJGvQ.DZfk5cAiA5pCWVH;_ylu=X3oDMTBydWNmY2MwBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwM0BHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--/RV=2/RE=1597466961/RO=10/RU=https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=191257/RK=0/RS=ammae.mKx1pHgBsOLB4jGvdav0k-
Looks the same
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That one is different, look at the "T"
Must be a common place for a crack tho.
I say die crack,
Looks like a die crack to me.
It’s a die crack and not especially uncommon.
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that neck crack is very common on peace dollars. the one going north from the G, looks more like pmd.
Agree with the others that it's a die crack. Generally, PMD scratches are recessed into the coin. Die scratches, die polishing, and die cracks are raised
Yep... Die crack... and the one to the far left 'looks' raised... so could be die scratch.... Cheers, RickO
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