Kisatchie die variety? What on Earth...?

I got three Kisatchie quarters in change earlier in the week. I noticed that one of them had already been scuffed up, and was surprised to see that so soon after they were released. But then I looked more closely, and realized that the damage was apparently on the die -- it doesn't extend onto the devices, and it's clearly in relief.

Here's the entire reverse:



Here's a close-up behind the turkey (note that there's also some field disturbance in front of it):



Light is from the top, so you can see that the blobbiness is standing out from the field, not dug into it.

So, what the heck? Has anybody else seen this? Are there enough of these floating around to deserve attention as a variety?

 

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Over polished die is what this could be.
Maybe a Clash of some thing.

 

????

 

I'm guessing that the die was damaged somehow, and an employee attempted to polish it out with a heavily abrasive material. Also note that the outer regions of the field within the ring show evidence of deterioration. Maybe the employee felt it wouldn't make much difference since it was nearing the end of its useful life.

Chris

 

Could be a feeder error to, maybe someone was sleeping when the feeder was hard at work scraping the die . Lol ...

 

That looks really Cool! Almost like its part of the design of say, a pond or some other body of water in the background.

 

Very cool die error.

 

Whatever it is we can not say it's Post mint damage.

 

That was the first thing I noticed when I examined the enlarged images -- those flow lines are turning into gullies.

 

Wonder what the obverse looks like ..

 

Cartoon speed lines.

 

I got six rolls at Wells Fargo for my Pepsi vending machine.
I guess I should look through them first.

D - Denver Mint Coins

 

...and that was the first thing I thought when I looked closely at them naked-eye.

Okay, the second thing. The first thing was something along the lines of "all that buckshot is going to hard to get out of the meat..."

 

I'd be interested to hear what you find if you do.

Die varieties are cool, but only valuable if they're neither unique nor common. I'll be watching to see whether this one turns up for more people.

 

Nothing caught my eye, but I'll try to remember to image it and post it here.

 

We were lied to in school! That is the wind and you CAN see it!

 

Was it your teacher's fault that you were gullible?

Chris

 

You never want too pick the buckshot out of the turkey. It can make for a bad day on your teeth.

 

Pretty neat effect - I like it. Makes you wonder if the turkey is running for it's life.

I personally would keep it

 

That is awesome, a lot of errors/varieties in these '15 AtBs coming out of hiding ... maybe the Mint throwing collectors a bone