Whats up with Liberty's cheek? 21 D

DUIGUY

Broadstruck

Looks like someone played tic-tac-toe... and the X's won!

Meltdown

Looks like she did a little faceplant on the asphault at some point in her life.

DUIGUY

<< <i>Looks like she did a little faceplant on the asphault at some point in her life. >>



Some of my "dates" have the same problem.

Meltdown

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<< <i>Looks like she did a little faceplant on the asphault at some point in her life. >>



Some of my "dates" have the same problem. >>

Goldbully

Did her cheek come in contact with one of Iran's 6000 centrifuges????

TavernTreasures

Definitely slid down the bar of some speakeasy, during prohibition.

lcoopie

A little suspicious for altered surfaces?

Coxe

Very common planchet issue from the draw bench. Sometimes, on sronger examples with weaker strikes, you see this also on the reverse on the eagle's breast. It is pronounced at the deep points of the die.

erroid

Yes, striations are common, but I believe yours to be a scrape(post mint damage). Here's an obv scan(78S V-17A) that clearely shows striations; note that they aren't just on the high point of the cheek, but migrate to lower parts of the face and even into the fields.

AlixTCat

To me, it looks like a pattern from cloth or fabric.

Jonathan

DorkGirl

<< <i>Very common planchet issue from the draw bench. Sometimes, on sronger examples with weaker strikes, you see this also on the reverse on the eagle's breast. It is pronounced at the deep points of the die. >>



Yep, you see this a lot on the CC's from the mid 1880's.