I noticed these gouges/scrapes while glassing this 93-D Quarter. Are they just die gouges, feeder finger scrapes, or something else. They just look a little different than the feeder finger marks I have seen before. Thanks all!
I looked at it again last night because someone had mentioned a possible clash on another forum. After looking, I don't think that is possible. There are no other marks, and that would be one of the highest points of the obverse die. Something else would have to be evident. They just look different than other feeder finger scrapes I have seen. I know it isn't possible because the marks are larger, and it would be rotated almost 90 degrees, but they look a lot like the leg feathers of the eagle. They look like scaled up, rotated leg feathers. I'm stumped. They are probably just die scrapes/gouges. I just wish someone could see them under a loupe without the lights of my microscope. They look neat.
