1925 peace dollar oddity

lasvegasteddy · February 14, 2015 5:03AM

*** seller confirmed it is a contact mark****

not my coin nor do i know the seller but this just popped up on ebay
is that a major die gouge in the "L" of liberty and is there a vam # already assigned to it ?
it looks like it's raised to me...ebay #251840186158 incase the link stinks
1925 ebay link

image from auction

Unknown · February 14, 2015 5:05AM

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topstuf · February 14, 2015 5:11AM

Is that gouge an "innie" or an "outie?"

If raised, it's in the die.
If incused, it's damage.

Sometimes the photo shadows can fool ya.
Worst seem to be large cent Coronet style. I often see the image as having incuse letters.

lasvegasteddy · February 14, 2015 5:13AM

looks raised to me but i've been fooled by photo effects before so who knows
it just has a weird look about it

epcjimi1 · February 14, 2015 5:13AM

I'm in the PMD locker room.

commoncents05 · February 14, 2015 5:13AM

Looks like a hit to me.

-Paul

Bochiman · February 14, 2015 5:40AM

Pretty sure it is a contact mark. PMD.
Not raised but I could see, optically, where one would think that.

crazyhounddog · February 14, 2015 5:46AM

Looks like a bag mark.

Windycity · February 14, 2015 6:03AM

Looks like PMD but would like to see a closeup photo.

ms70 · February 14, 2015 7:12AM

Obviously you have to judge by the shadows.

ms70 · February 14, 2015 7:27AM

After staring at it for a bit, my take is that it's a bag mark. The reason I think this is due to the fact that the top point of the vertical portion of the L (A) and the top of the lower horizontal
portion of the L (B) are both illuminated from the same direction. The lower length of the suspect mark (C) has to be illuminated from same direction which can only be if it were indented
so its surface faces the same light source. If it was raised, then the mark's shadow/illumination would be reverse.

But don't let that stop anyone from buying a discovery piece and proving my science wrong.

ms70 · February 14, 2015 7:38AM

And lastly, a quickie photoshop that shows the suspect mark with the lighting and shadows reversed, most likely what it would look like if it were raised. Looking at this makes it more
convincing, at least to me, that it's a bag mark.