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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fallguy, post: 2925886, member: 84739&quot;]Thanks, your statement about the anomaly through the &quot;N&quot; (and the thought that it&#039;s from a die crack instead of a Struck Through) got me thinking, and I hope the OP can chime in here. I&#039;m going to make two major assumptions, and if one or both are wrong then its probably back to the drawing board.</p><p><br /></p><p>Based on how I view the photos, BOTH the aforementioned anomaly AND the area in question around the LLH corner of the Memorial appear to be RAISED. IF that is the case, then we know that neither artifact is a &quot;Stuck Though&quot;, i.e. the impacted areas would be sunken (incuse) NOT raised. The only exception would be if the artifact on the &quot;N&quot; was the item that caused the strike through was retained, but in that case the artifact would be embedded in the &quot;N&quot;, and it just doesn&#039;t appear to be so.</p><p><br /></p><p>So we&#039;re back to the die crack issue, at least as related to the &quot;N&quot;, and so be it. But even magnified, it still looks to have some pretty sizable dimensions especially depth and girth. So what? Well the more I looked at the area around the left side of the Memorial building, and assuming it is in fact raised, then I began wondering what else may have caused that.&nbsp; After spending some time looking around error-ref.com &amp; cuds-on-coins.com, if the anomaly on and through the &quot;N&quot; came from a die crack (and more like a die break or split) then I think what we might be seeing on the Reverse is the result of an asymmetrical split die, or some other significant die disintegration.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now a theory is only as plausible as its assumptions, and I want to stress that what I have posited is based on the given assumptions. It could also be that the areas in question may be totally unrelated, but one thing that would certainly help would be if the OP can give some additional insight as to what they are seeing on this coin, such as are these areas raised or are they actually depressions and, is there any evidence of additional die cracks/breaks especially in the area to the West and NW of the Memorial? Whatever the response, its an interesting coin and the research is and has been fun<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Semper Fidelis[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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