That mark is not part of the letter A. If it was, it would have to be on the die and 100,000 or so of these coins would have the same "Long A" variety. Such a die would have been inspected and discarded prior to use. It's almost always damage. True errors are rare.
Hard to believe post damage could go through, over or under a wheat stem and cruel left without causing damage to the wheat stem. Unless your saying the planchet was damaged before the coin was struck. I've looked pretty hard and just am unable to to see how it would be damage, So if someone could please give some type of explanation of how the damage could have occurred,,, I might be able to get some sleep....
The A and wheat stem are damaged, which is consistent with a hit that caused the indent. When trying to understand errors, NEVER go at it from the viewpoint "I can't explain this damaga, so it must be an error". The minting process is well understood and documented. You need to provide an explanation on how this could occur during minting. The people who responded have years of experience in numismatics. They understand that your coin could not have left the mint in that way and told you as such. Hope this helps
Yeah kinda makes sense..."WE MAKE NO MISTAKES".. Lol Ok hears the interesting part...i think.... The mark on the A is raised not indented as you stated above.. Here's a different angle. I would understand if the mark was gouged into the planchet. Hope this explains why I am confused on this being told this is damage ...
