Die Chips This occurred a lot on Cents minted in the 1950's There is a Chip in the G in GOD and the B in LIBERTY
Recessed areas of the die show up as raised areas on the coin. So if grease or debris fill parts of the die, those areas will be missing from the coin. If there is a raised area of metal on the coin where it's not supposed to be, that usually means that there is an material Missing from the die. I.e., a die chip. (could also be other things like scratches and gouges for example, but that's a diff. subject) Since the OP's coin shows raised areas where there shouldn't be any, in this case, they were caused by die chips. Hope this helps clarify things.
Thanks for your assistance .. and I stand corrected . I knew when I picked up my keyboard this morning it was too early. My mind was not fully engaged in Reverse .. . those darn inverted dies .... It is an die chip ... not a filled die on the G od and B LiBerty
Guys, I think the G is damaged, from a hit ('bag mark') and is not a die chip or die crack. I see some circular counting machine marks, and a similar hit on the '9' of the date. Die Chip in the B, and BIE chip, yes.
@Fred Weinberg : The mark on the G in God appears to me extended from the surface.. not sure how a bag mark could make this, anything but pressed into surface. Nothing appears to move metal outward and if so wouldn't that leave an appearance of metal movement in or around that surface?
We try to do the best we can from the photos. I don't see this as a die chip, but others may disagree with me, and that's ok........
