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Message:: [QUOTE="StrikeOutXXX, post: 2097359, member: 73698"]Yes, it is a nice little die chip. ----FROM CONECA----Die chipThese are small raised irregular blobs of metal found usually at the design stress points.They are most often found in the recessed areas of certain letters or numbers (e.g.; B & R of LIBERTY and the 9 & 5 of the date).This is because the recessed areas of the letters and numbers on the coin are raised areas on the die, which look like little islands.It does not take much stress before these raised pieces of the die start to chip and break off, leaving a raised area on the coin where a recessed area is expected. Die breakThese are large raised irregular blobs found usually at the design stress points.They are most often found in the fields between the design and the rim.After repeated strikings under tons of pressure, the dies begin to crack.When these cracks meet each other (as in a circle), or when they extend to the rim, the metal contained within the borders of the crack begins to break away from the die itself.The broken piece may not at first be loose enough to fall away.In such a case, the coin shows a depression where the die chip or, if it is large enough, the die break has occurred.[/QUOTE]