1972 Eisenhower Dollar - Cheek Anomaly - Any Ideas?

darth_morgan

I'm currently working on a new Eisenhower Dollar set (Intercept Shield Album), and I recently purchased this 1972 for it. Once I got it under the lens I noticed this rather interesting anomaly on Ike's upper cheek. It looks like an embedded shard of metal, as there is a clear delineated border surrounding it. There is another smaller "shard" underneath it. I have indicated these with red squares. Any ideas of what this is or what could have caused it?

Link to full size image: https://forum2.ikegroup.info/download/file.php?id=9978&mode=view

WinLoseWin

Probably need some even higher magnification of those areas and perhaps from some varying angles.

I wrote it off as bag marks as first, but when enlarging your photos there does seem some possibility of a retained strike-through. Really can't tell enough from this picture though.

LanceNewmanOCC

this is why i like linking pictures, just quicker for everyone.

neat ike @darth_morgan

joeykoins

Strike-through, my opinion. Cool.

darth_morgan

Here's a link to the full size picture, which I added to the original post: https://forum2.ikegroup.info/download/file.php?id=9978&mode=view

1Bufffan

With your file picture it is a definite piece of metal (Sliver) which was struck and pushed into the coin. I guess it could be a retained strike through.

ifthevamzarockin

It looks like it could be some type of small strike-thru.
There is enough other stuff on the cheek that I don't see it adding much or distracting much.
Someone may pay a premium if it is retained.

"I'm currently working on a new Eisenhower Dollar set (Intercept Shield Album)"

If it were mine I might try to find a better example. Not bad mouthing your coin.
The spot between the I & B would bother me.
There is glue or something around the 9 that I would want to clean off before I put it in an Intercept Shield.
I'm not sure but the coin looks like it may have been dipped or lightly cleaned.
It is an easy enough date to locate and not a lot of money that it is not worth the effort to try to improve.
I may keep it as a fun example.
I have not seen the reverse.
If I were doing the nicest set I could and using Intercept Shields I'm not sure I would roll the dice and see how it looks 5 years from now.

CaptHenway

That does look like a Mint-made inclusion. It probably occurred during the strip rolling process, which is how you could get two fragments not attached to each other but in line. As the strip was stretched out the inclusion snapped but remained in the strip.

darth_morgan

@CaptHenway said:
That does look like a Mint-made inclusion. It probably occurred during the strip rolling process, which is how you could get two fragments not attached to each other but in line. As the strip was stretched out the inclusion snapped but remained in the strip.

Interesting! Thanks for your input.

@ifthevamzarockin - here's the reverse. It's a Type 3.