is this. a die chip. Pretty sure not worn die being proof and all

rturner

is this a Die chip on the i and the n on the front.and what's with the background it don't look smooth like the back? but i did find 1 another coin registered with pcgs with marks in same spot but... backgrounds not the same . " Please help. thank you

yosclimber

It's probably just shadows and reflections, because I can still see the full outline of the letters IN.
Shadow on the reverse left side.

lilolme

What yosclimber said.
Also the not smooth looks like some die wear, pitting, rust or whatever.

jesbroken

Looks like die rust. There appears to be some die rust around the right side of the reverse from the "O" upwards, also.
Jim

pursuitofliberty

Polished, and some die rust. Nice look overall!

rturner

here is the pic of the other coin registered with pcgs so i dont think it is just a shadow?//

yosclimber

Both photos are likely taken with the same camera and same lighting setup,
so there should be a high correlation between the two.

CaptHenway

@lilolme said:
What yosclimber said.
Also the not smooth looks like some die wear, pitting, rust or whatever.

Roger B. says that this is just heavy die wear, not die rust.

I agree. The die should have been retired before this. Perhaps Philadelphia was not expecting to sell as many Proof sets in this year as they did.

TD

emeraldATV

@rturner said:

Never saw this image before on the obverse as being a bit cheeky.
Looks like it belongs or I have to get out more.
Nice toning .

lilolme

@CaptHenway said:

@lilolme said:
What yosclimber said.
Also the not smooth looks like some die wear, pitting, rust or whatever.

Roger B. says that this is just heavy die wear, not die rust.

I agree. The die should have been retired before this. Perhaps Philadelphia was not expecting to sell as many Proof sets in this year as they did.

TD

Die wear - Thanks. I had looked as some coinfacts images and saw a similar disturbance in this area on some but to a much less degree. I had thought similar - about time to change the die (on a proof). The mintage of about 3M probably had something to do with it I'd guess. Relatively inexpensive so would be interesting to have one to this extent as an example but nothing I would order up or be looking for at show or similar. So probably not happening. Don't know how common this is to this extent on proofs of this era.

ricko

There does seem to be a surface anomaly between the I and the lapel... a small disturbance... cannot tell if it is die rust or other surface aberration... Cheers, RickO