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Message:: [QUOTE="Insider, post: 20133149, member: 24314"]Pickin and Grinin, posted: "This seems to be a theme lately, maybe folks around here made everyone an expert and we have nothing to talk about because it has all been heard before. I would like to add that the small rectangular defect seems to have what is called unstruck luster." I think this must be the case because there were less replies than I expected.  That's a good outcome UNLESS some folks were too afraid to take a guess. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> More impostantly to me, I want to thank everyone who knew the answer and did not reply! Anthony Mazza, posted: "Lamination; Contact mark; Bag marks. Thats what the dark marks are in the photo.  Bagmarks are contact marks so we have ID'd on of the characteristics. dimeguy, posted: "No idea, and admittedly I always read the quizzes and hardly participate for fear of appearing like an idiot, but this morning I am feeling lively and willing to try the learning process: 1: I feel this is the high point on the die and likely when the planchet was struck, metal did not flow fully through the recesses of the die, allowing for this "mark" to develop. Good guess but which mark? 2. Deeper and more recessed edging than the other darker marks. Given as such, I am going to guess a contact mark/scratch. All the dark marks are contack marks. 3: Random and light in depth: I'll guess bag marks. Again, be mor specific next time. Mainebill, posted: "I’ll make an interesting note about the first rectangular mark. See the couple evenly spaced lines across the mark. Bears consideration what caused that." You are on the right track and have left a very good clue.  longshot, posted: "The first is interesting. Guess I will go with lamination. Seems there would be a bit of mushrooming around the edges if something had punched into it there.The other thing might be a damaged or imperfect planchet, nope, I don't think so. Another clue here. BurrosCoins, posted:  "Ok. I’m definitely not an expert. I classify myself at the first grade knowledge level, so I will gladly submit my guess for evaluation and await responsible as whether I am right or wrong. 1. I don’t think this is lamination error because there doesn’t seem to be any metal peeling or metal torn from the coin. Appears more to be a strike through some piece of debris. Which Mark? 2. This one is hard to tell for me. Can’t tell if the mark is raised or recessed. May just be the photo but does appear to be a die scratch. I wrote that I tried to hide the die scratches so they were a given.  Looks like I failed but die scratch was not one of the answers. 3. These I think are bag marks. There is no lamination in the image.__________________________________________________________ When posting about something you see on a coin it is important to describe itby location, shape, color, etc. so others will know EXACTLY what you are seeing.  The random dark marks on the cheek are bag marks. There are two lighter marks.  One is a small rectangle.  Now there were some comments made in this thread by me when I made an incorrect assumption about the knowledge of one of our members.  He is one of the experts here that knew the answere and waited:. CoinCorgi, posted: "But I'm an expert. So I can't respond until Monday! Oh my!" I thank him for that and will ask the other experts to let [USER=88934]@CoinCorgi[/USER] have the honor he deserves (for waiting until today with the others) by revealing the correct answers for the two other "defects" in the image.  [/QUOTE]

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