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Message:: [QUOTE="JBK, post: 1805742, member: 1101"]That is fascinating. If you are sure it is not glue, etc. as mentioned previously, then I vote for a "squeeze" impression - the coin was in between two objects that contained the characters and then squeezed or struck.  It is worth noting that the added characters are opposite each other on the coin (lower obverse, upper reverse). I have created rasied letters or words on a coin by stamping them into a metal washer or disk and then resting a coin on top of that and striking the coin in the area correspinding to the markings on the washer.  The pressure forces the surface of the coin resting on the washer into the stamped letters. If done right, there is only minor disruption to the surface where the coin was struck from above.  The "S" on your coin I could easily do myself. The rest? That is rhe curious part.... In your case, the letters read correctly, so the "die" was in reverse.  Also, the letters on the obverse follow the contour of FDRs neck, meaning the object that was used as the "die" was either curved or soft enough to bend to the contour of the coin's design. That is the part that makes this such a mustery.[/QUOTE]