2012 Hawaii - Volcanoes Quarter - Trails?

Moving my set from Whitman to Dansco albums, this quarter is originally from a mint unc set.

Obverse, mostly on the right side, showing horizontal lines, or trails, from much of the lettering. I looked through Mike Diamonds Error-Ref.com site, appears to match the description of Defects Related to Die Polishing, Trails and Wavy Steps - or maybe just another type of die deterioration?

 

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Yes, die polishing. I was schooled on this subject recently, too…trails. Nice looking coin notwithstanding.

 

Nice images.

 

Thanks guys.

 

That's cool!

 

Might be feed finger damage.

 

I don't think it's damage Jersey; most of the trails emanate from a point or end of a digit. They even come off of MERICA, one per letter.

 

Looks like die polishing and that’s caused by a worn die. Dies are polished to prolong die life so they’re only polished when worn. Nice specimen.

 

Your coin looks like 2012P(HI)-25DEO-001T. https://web.archive.org/web/2025120...2020p_25_cent_obverse_dies_with_trails_pg__2/

 

Thank you for that link, was not aware of that web site.