Reply to Thread

Message:: [QUOTE="Kasia, post: 1395054, member: 31533"]Yes, it's near the ponytail. The dropped letter is from the G in God, and "fell" to point just to the left of the mintmark. It rotated and is nearly exactly 90 degrees offset to the mintmark. Dropped letters are not actually dropped incuse elements of the die. Rather the element can fill up with die remains and grease, etc, which can become extremely impacted within a letter or other incuse part of the die. At some point, it can then "fall out" or "off" the die. This can remain 'intact' so to speak and be on the coin or the die rather than falling completely off or coming undone. Then the striking action can make that impacted letter (which is actually hard) act like it's part of the die for the strike of one or more coins. Before it cannot remain intact. Most times, it shows up on the coin as an incuse mark, meaning that the action of the die pounded it into the coin and make it's mark, but then the actual debris did not retain in the coin. On this one, the debris was put into the coin, but instead of falling out and leaving the coin with only an incuse area, it retained the die gunk. So this coin has the impact or the dropped letter as well as the actual die gunk in it at that point.[/QUOTE]