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<p>[QUOTE="Beefer518, post: 5466060, member: 87737"]Welcome to CT [USER=117505]@Claireishere[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>To answer your question:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It's fairly simple. 99.9% of 'marks' that are incuse (recessed) were done after the coin left the mint. The other 0.01% could be what's called a 'struck through', where the coin was struck through foreign matter (long list of just about anything, but typically some type of debris), or even a lamination error (look it up). there's probably other reasons, but a recessed mark is almost always post-mint damage (aka PMD).</p><p><br /></p><p>A raised mark would be something inherent on the die that made the coin, like a die chip. This is relatively infrequent, but does occur, mostly on tiny details, or in mint marks (D's and O's in particular).</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep in mind my statement is very general, and should only be used as a guide, and not the end-all be-all of info.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Beefer518, post: 5466060, member: 87737"]Welcome to CT [USER=117505]@Claireishere[/USER] To answer your question: It's fairly simple. 99.9% of 'marks' that are incuse (recessed) were done after the coin left the mint. The other 0.01% could be what's called a 'struck through', where the coin was struck through foreign matter (long list of just about anything, but typically some type of debris), or even a lamination error (look it up). there's probably other reasons, but a recessed mark is almost always post-mint damage (aka PMD). A raised mark would be something inherent on the die that made the coin, like a die chip. This is relatively infrequent, but does occur, mostly on tiny details, or in mint marks (D's and O's in particular). Keep in mind my statement is very general, and should only be used as a guide, and not the end-all be-all of info.[/QUOTE]
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