The John Adams Dollar in this mint set appears to have a strike through and a small rim cud. It is still in the package so it is difficult to photograph. The strike through is not a scratch, I checked it out on more magnification. The small rim cud is not from a hit either.
Can't quite make up my mind about the strike through. The rim is probably damage or a planchet defect as a cud is normally on the inner edge of the rim and extending into the field as the die deteriorates and starts to crack then break. JMO. I am probably letting my inexperience show
Close your eyes and visualize my inexperience. I'm pretty much in the same boat - still learning. Thanks for the feedback.
I removed the coin from the US Mint Set package and made new photos. I am convinced that both defects are the result of strike through. They have similar profiles that look like the same type of foreign material caused both.
Looking more like a strike through. The change of direction where it meets the device would be where the metal moves to fill the incuse area of the die, IMO
Nice strike through, maybe two on the same coin. If that rim isn’t a strike through it’s the start of a cud. Nice find.
I’d say strike through I have a Kennedy Proof set, still intact, with a likely rim burr strike through
