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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BR549, post: 1258796, member: 7110&quot;]You have to think backwards when looking at strike through, wire or hair will leave an incused mark (indented) on the coin, so a raised area on a coin means a deeper area on the die has occurred, like say a die chip. </p><p><br /></p><p>Rare instances where a wire or other debris will be embedded into a coins surface, but it does happen. The raised area on the &quot;D&quot; means a lower die gouge or something to that effect....also note that the Schuler press can spit out 750 of these coins per minute, they look for quality, but quantity is what they want. By the billions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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