Now these are some wild die scratches.

Rick Snow was selling this one a while back. PCGS FS-401. I wanted it but it was just too much for me.

 

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Nice Coin!!!

 

Wow those are some wild die scratches. Killer coin!

 

Varicose veins to the face......

You going to Orlando Larry?

 

Yes. I wish it was sooner. I started a thread. I'll bring it back up. Look forward to seeing you.

 

OMG! Do you have a clue what they were doing to get those scratches?

 

This is the Warrior Princess Indian, battle scarred from her many encounters.

 

Interesting. Some of those lines look like die cracks. In particular the one from the ribbon to the base of the bust. It's also a clashed die. Maybe that had something to do with it's condition.

 

I love the clash in front of her eye. Pretty cool.

 

Does this mean we get to argue about die polish lines all over again?

 

I don't think that's a clash mark. There's nothing but field on the reverse in that area. The only clash marks I see are the mark by the headband and the loop between the feathers.

edit: Oops my bad. Yep, that is a clash mark. Part of the C in cent.

 

Wow. That's pretty amazing. could even be called "die mutilation" or "die scarification."

 

That's truly a Scarface

 

Those lines are pretty wicked!

 

No. We have enough threads on that topic. This has nothing to do with die polishing.

 

It almost looks like the transfer die for the image was cracked. A very cool coin!

 

The more I look at it the more I like the coin you got a reverse image?

 

This is it.

 

It's a pretty coin. The CPG has a note saying "one of the authors feels these scratches may have been a crude attempt to cancel the die"

I can see the guy working on the die and he saw the cracks and started scratching it up. Tough to fix a die crack in 1892.

 

Interesting thought. And a variety I've never seen though this is not a series I'm actively into. Nice coin thanks for posting it. I'll have to keep a lookout in 1892 ihc for this one