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Manorcourtman · October 18, 2014 3:57AM

First off, I am sorry for the inverse pics! It is not your eyes! When I use my microscope camera the images come out in the inverse! Not sure how to fix it. This raised, thread like impression has me stumped! It is in fact raised so it is not struck thru. It had to be in the die itself, I guess? Any ideas what is going on here?

Rampage · October 18, 2014 4:06AM

I've seen this on Morgan and Peace dollars. I forget what Leroy Van Allen refers to it as.

BustHalfBrian · October 18, 2014 4:19AM

A balloon!

What, you don't see it?

lcoopie · October 18, 2014 4:29AM

I seem to remember when looking through a microscope the image is reversed, but that was a long time ago

jamakin · October 18, 2014 5:57AM

EBOLA!!!!!!!!
😨😱😰😱😫

ricko · October 18, 2014 6:00AM

Seems it would have to be on the die......maybe Fred W. will comment.....Cheers, RickO

PerryHall · October 18, 2014 6:03AM

<< <i>EBOLA!!!!!!!!
😨😱😰😱😫 >>

PerryHall · October 18, 2014 6:06AM

Looks like a strike through of a thread from a cloth used to wipe the dies or a wire from the wire brush used to clean the dies.

coindeuce · October 18, 2014 6:14AM

Either the master die or a hub that was used to make a working die had a foreign object on the surface when the working die for this coin was made. The working die hubs are not hardened until after having been impressed by the master die, so any foreign matter between the two would have left an incuse feature on the working die, and consequently a relief feature on the coins struck by this die. Looks like a piece of textile (heavy gauge thread) or a piece of wire caused this.

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