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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;beef1020, post: 3118867, member: 24544&quot;]No worries, we all started off with no knowledge.&nbsp; So on the dime, think through the minting process.&nbsp; Everything on the coin that is raised, like the bust, face, ear, hair, etc. is actually recessed on the die.&nbsp; In order to create a large depression across the face of the portrait, the die would need to have a large raised line running across the recessed face of the die.&nbsp; The idea is to think about how that could happen.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the coin with a chunk taken out, it could potentially be a clip, where the planchet is hit twice instead of once while it&#039;s being made.&nbsp; But think about what happens when a planchet with material missing is struck by dies.&nbsp; The portion of the coin that is missing does not apply equal and opposite pressure to the die, so the faces of the die are slightly closer where the material is missing and slightly further away on the opposite side of the planchet, leaving a tell tale strike weakness opposite the clip.</p><p><br /></p><p>Check out this page for more detail:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.error-ref.com/blanking-and-cutting-errors/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.error-ref.com/blanking-and-cutting-errors/" rel="nofollow">http://www.error-ref.com/blanking-and-cutting-errors/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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