Not saying this is a error but would like your opinions on what caused these mark's The face of the coin is very clean except for the marks They have a slight curve to them and then notting ontill the bottom of the Y I will be going to bed shortly and thank's for help Dave
ok so this is damaged so i should get my money back but the coin must have still been hot when this happand which means it happand at the mint so are these common i was going to say teeth marks so is this worth only b value dave
I don't think heat had anything to do with it. It was in a bag and another coin dropped on it, causing the reeds on the sides to imprint at that spot
Lots of coins have bag marks and get high grades. If you don't like the bag marks, return it, if you can, and buy what looks good to you. Don't buy sight unseen, use this experience as a good example and one which shouldn't have cost you too much to learn by.
The coin didn't need to be hot, silver is malleable and another coin hit it, that's all. The location isn't great; I'm not sure how it was advertised, but if you can get another one, or a refund, I would...but that's me...
Also to clarify.... bag marks don't necessarily mean that it was in a bag. I believe that this is a general term used when a coin comes in contact with another coin, usually during post mint production and distribution, and leaves a mark, typically the reeding of the striking coin on the face or field of another coin. This term is often used when discussing the Morgan dollars because, unlike todays ASEs that are transported in tubes, Morgans were generally transported in large thousand dollar bags.
Jaceravone is correct, no bag need be involved. They aren't handled like proof coins. The come out of the press, slide down a chute and the fell onto the coin that came before them in the holding hopper. Every so often the operator examines a couple and if they psss then he dumps the holding hopper into the transport hopper and the cons bang agaisnt each other the whole way. (And in the freshly empited holding hopper the coins coming out of the chute now have further to fall before they land on the immediately previous coins.)
so i was right So it can happen at the mint I thought so as there is no scrape's on the face But none the less i seam to be likeing this coin more and more Dave
Yep Krispy nailed it as good as the reeded edge of the coin that nailed the open field of the obverse of your coin.
