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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coppercoins, post: 566540, member: 152&quot;]Okay, it was a little rough.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry jessash.&nbsp; I gotta learn that people learn and we all started out knowing very little.&nbsp; I have to go back to 1979 for that, and the older I get the harder it is to get the leisure suit and elevator shoes on.&nbsp; Never mind, if you&#039;re not at least 30 you wouldn&#039;t understand that one.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, back to the coin...</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll be better on this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not a die clash, as was mentioned in a post earlier in this thread.&nbsp; Here&#039;s why:</p><p><br /></p><p>Dies always have a slightly convex shape so the metal flow during the strike will go outward and completely fill the recesses and the rim.&nbsp; Think of it like a frying pan with a slight hump in the middle.&nbsp; The egg always spreads out when you crack it in the middle of the pan.&nbsp; Same concept.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, because the dies are convex, any clash is going to show up in the MIDDLE of the design first...but of course since the middle of the design is the portrait itself, it is cut deeply into the die.&nbsp; If you were to touch the dies against one another NONE of the portrait would be touching the reverse die at all.&nbsp; So actually the fields around the middle are what get hit first.&nbsp; So on a Lincoln cent, this would be at the throat and neck, then inside the memorial bays on the reverse.&nbsp; Check for yourself, this is ALWAYS where die clashes show up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since this coin shows NO sign of clash marks toward the middle of the design, it would be physically impossible for a clash to magically appear so close to the rim without some real wierd die movement (like falling out of the press).</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, the little line is a die scratch.&nbsp; It&#039;s just that simple.&nbsp; Really.&nbsp; *smile*[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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