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2005 Kansas quarter, When lightening strikes

First I ever found
Die cracks from rim to buffalo

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

    Very hard to see anything from those pics but it looks indented which would indicate scratches, not a raised crack. It also appears that the coin has numerous contact marks from circulation. Better pics will help clarify

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I agree with @Oldhoopster ... Pictures are not clear, but it looks more like a scratch.... Cheers, RickO

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,647 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'll go with above as well, fwiw


  • Well pics aren't the best, granted, but in my limited experience, even die scratches run fairly straight. Is that not the case you've found?
    Either way I will try and get a better picture for you kind people, it's not easy being green....lol

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 35,212 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well pics aren't the best, granted, but in my limited experience, even die scratches run fairly straight. Is that not the case you've found?
    Either way I will try and get a better picture for you kind people, it's not

    Scratches, by their nature, can be any shape. You might be thinking of die polish.

    That said, the folks were not suggesting a die scratch. They were suggesting a coin scratch...PMD. if it is incuse, that's what it is. If it is raised then it is not.

  • Thank you for everything

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