Hey guys look at the spot above the eagles head and below the U can someone tell me what that is? The spot is raised.
Looking at the way the shadows are thrown, it looks like those marks are incuse. If so, they are from a strike through or hits.
That was my first thought, but after closer examination I think the OP is correct and that spot is raised.
Jpaul, if you could take another picture with only one light source at more of an angle on one side of the coin to create more dramatic shadows that may be helpful.
It appears raised in the lower half and recessed in the upper half, so I'm guessing that it is PMD from a gouge. Chris
If it is in fact raised it's probably from a die chip. Kind of hard to tell from the photos though; lighting can play tricks with your eyes.
Shadows still seem to say the marks are incuse, even in the later pictures. For example in the last picture, the right hand side of the letters, the eagles wing, and the edge of the earth are lit up and the left hand sides of the letters, and edge of the eagles wing are dark. On the larger object though theright hand side is dark and the LEFT hand side is well lit. This implies a depression where the right hand side is in shadow because it is below the fields and the left hand side of the depression is exposed to the light because there is nothing blocking it.
Do you think this is a die chip? Here's a article by Ken Potter.http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/ErrorOrVarietyStatesCoins.htm
If it is in fact raised then I'd be more inclined to refer to it as a die "dent" since it is not in a location where a "die chip" has any reason at all to occur. Die chips are the result of breakage on the die face due to the stress of being slammed into a hard surface and the resulting movement of metal whihc is forced between the dies recesses. Studying the photo's though, I don't completely believe that this is a raised bump as much as an incused strike through. As for the coin itself, the results of its manufacture will have little if any premium associated with it as it is very minor regardless of what it might be.
