The raised areas are literally blobs of metal.The details of the design are somewhat still there but distorted. Extra blob goes from in front of lips to behind the ear behind ear. You can still see lettering to the bottom left of torch..the letters are just in and over top of metal.
Im going to out on a limb and say the area on the front is not RAISED, it is just that the cheek on the silhouette is depressed, giving it the illusion of being raised.
TylerH.. Rhode Island is niether a road..nor an island * discuss * In all seriousness I can appreciate what your saying from your vantage point. I have the 3D view to see excess metal. Let's take your answer and assume you would be right. How much then in fact would the dime be worth with an error such as you ascribed? More or less it is the same answer.. quite a bit too much or too little because of a kind of anomaly lends to a similar monetario Beneficio. I'm just now at 50 yrs old getting into learning about coins. I need guru-esque peeps to help me along the way.
let's assume you are right. So, where in the minting process would this have occurred ? If you peruse the "errors" or "what's it worth" section you'll see other heat damaged coins. Mint errors are very LIMITED, whereas damage is UNLIMITED. 99.99% and greater of things people think are mint errors are actually damage. If you were to check and categorize your change for, say, 3 months you would see a lot of damage. Damage can be very minor with scratches all over; you have circulation wear; colorized, toning, environmental damage; then you get into bigger hits, gouges, scratchs; then "smashes" for lack of better words where it could be bent, cuts into the metal, etc.
Clawcoins Brilliant! I will help myself learn from your direction. I'm such a newbie..but I'm eager to learn. Thank you
I have a similar coin. Interesting that they look that way and the blobs do not match/line up front to back. [edited]
