What would you call these three oddities on this Lincoln? Are they Die chips? Or are they wheel marks from an out of control employee trying to get rid of a clash? One is between IN GOD another below the D and one behind the head. There is a light T clash present. Here is a couple of close ups. And the reverse.
@Chris B Why do you say damage? I wish I could have gotten clearer photos of each mark. The coin has a die pairing from the same roll. I think that they are from a die polishing wheel. I guess they were hard to see in the photos. I wouldn't have thought much of the coin if it didn't have a brother.
I know of Wheel Marks as something else. Not an issue caused during the minting process https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/4412/Wheel-Marks/ Wheel marks are a concentrated area of hairlines that are caused by the rubberwheels in coin counting machines. When there is insufficient spacing between them, the wheels can essentially polish a small portion of the surface of the coin.
Yeah I thought about that. But it was too late to change the title. I was thinking a of a polishing wheel like a sanding disc. When I was putting the thread up. Each one of these marks are raised but do not look like die chips.
IMO, looks like polish marks. I can't see anything in your pics, but you may want to check closely to see if there are any remnants of a clash of damage the mint worker was trying to remove.
Yeah there is a T clash at the throat, and obvious ghosting on the reverse. It's definitely the reason for the heavy polishing marks on the surfaces. These three marks all look like the lines behind the head. Above the Y in liberty. The gouge between the N and G is the deepest.
