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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kevin Mader, post: 6714342, member: 106826&quot;]The working dies go through Stages (e.g., EDS, MDS, LDS, VLDS).&nbsp; Your coin was struck by a worn die, Late Die Stage/Very Lade Die Stage.&nbsp; When the die is at the end of its useful life, you will begin to see common characteristics on the coins.&nbsp; Poorly defined devices and designs, washed dates, and striations in the flow of the metal during coining.&nbsp; In your close-up of the date/mm, you can see all of that.&nbsp; Striations extend from the field into the profile.&nbsp; Also, outer devices are the most affected.&nbsp; Die attrition and multiple &#039;cleanings&#039; are usually worse towards the rim...and where die clashes are removed.&nbsp; When there are very small gaps between the Anvil and Hammer dies and planchet, puddles can form...usually around a device...making it look like a blob.&nbsp; This is a good example of that...is that a P or a D.&nbsp; I agree with our fellow enthusiast...it&#039;s a P that is encompassed by a blob.&nbsp; It distorts the device creating the &#039;optical delusion&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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