How would you describe this 1920 S buffalo.

MJH

Near the Mint Mark,
Is it Laminations or Die Crack, or some of each.

Smittys

IMO Lamination

cohodk

Damage?

rhedden

I'll vote for "lamination." Other than that, VF-30 detail, looks original, few scattered nicks.

eyoung429

Hard to say with the indention in the "N" but I would say die crack as a wag

Fairlaneman

Is the metal raised on the E of five and the area between E and C ? That looks like a Die Scratch. The other stuff, no idea.

Ken

MJH

Ken,
Yes the line is raised going across the C and up the E.

Mark

Fairlaneman

That looks like possibly two Die Scratches. They are both straight line marks. I cannot see if there is raised metal on the V going into the glob of metal located on the mound. If there is raised metal on the V then I would say its a Die Break instead of the scratches.

Ken

MJH

The same line crosses the top of the V.

Mark

Fairlaneman

Die Break IMO. Sort of weird how straight line it is though.

Ken

Shamika

Any chance we can see a close up image???

Craton

To me it looks like some kind of die damage and not a lamination. The raised likes are obvious signs of a die crack or scratch/gouge and the other mess, if it is related to the crack/scratch/gouge, must be where part of the die was damaged.

Craton

It almost looks like it says "FIVE GENTS".

MJH

I dont know if this is big enough.

MJH

This might be a little better!

Shamika

Looking at the ground that the Buffalo is standing on just above "FI" in "FIVE" there appears to be lamination. Thus I would guess the "damage" is delamination. However, it might still be just damage due to a rough gauge. Tough to tell without it in hand.

ms70

I would guess die damage.

Hoot

Looks like a strange combination of a planchet defect and two major die scratches. There appears to be missing metal on the coin in the letters, but clearly two major raised lines from a die defect. It's possible that the die caused both features, and perhaps that's more likely than having the combined planchet defect and dies scratches. Hard to tell.

Hoot