1971 D - Ike die damage with edging in field?

Looks like edging was struck in the field. Any idea on what this is?

 

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Don't know what hit it but it is interesting.

 

I want to call it a die clash but I don't think it matches up. Fun coin.

 

Is it raised or concave? Tough to tell with the pics. If its an impression i would say bag/contact marks from the reeds of another.

 

Great eye... that was a small detail to pick up.

 

It looks like the clashing of the Eagle's wing on the reverse die onto the obverse die. Pretty cool how it goes around the mint mark.

 

That's no eagle wing clash..

 

They are raised marks.

 

It's not the wing, but now that I look at the pictures it looks like the moon just East of the mint mark in pictures 1 & 2. I'll have to look closer when I get home tonight. Could just be a stain.

 

This will help.. Can't be a clash

 

Depends on the die alignment. 180 degrees is the goal - sometimes they're off 10+ degrees. Could be die filing that wasn't removed by proper polishing.

 

It looks like reeding from a coin's edge - like a coin was dropped on an unhardened die.

 

The spacing between each line looks equal.

 

Is that front and back on that Ike dollor. Or obverse and reverse

 

Those are the result of a rotary die polishing head skipping over the die due to sloppy and quick polishing work.

Just die polishing marks.

Similar to the "Tiger Claw"
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