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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikediamond, post: 2164489, member: 1859&quot;]Again, any number of other dies show curved and straight die dents that were inflicted when the dies were soft and, as a result, the impacts pushed up a pressure ridge, just like in the Wisconsin &quot;low leaf&quot; quarter.&nbsp; Therefore, the evidence Pilliod cites for intentionality is flawed.&nbsp; I have reported on several of these dies in Coin World.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a long, curved die dent with a prominent pressure ridge:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://editions.amospublishing.com/wdcn/default.aspx?d=20080303&amp;pagenum=122&amp;s=die%20dent" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://editions.amospublishing.com/wdcn/default.aspx?d=20080303&amp;pagenum=122&amp;s=die%20dent" rel="nofollow">http://editions.amospublishing.com/wdcn/default.aspx?d=20080303&amp;pagenum=122&amp;s=die dent</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s a straight die dent with a well-developed pressure ridge:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://editions.amospublishing.com/wdcn/default.aspx?d=20080204&amp;pagenum=106&amp;s=die%20dent" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://editions.amospublishing.com/wdcn/default.aspx?d=20080204&amp;pagenum=106&amp;s=die%20dent" rel="nofollow">http://editions.amospublishing.com/wdcn/default.aspx?d=20080204&amp;pagenum=106&amp;s=die dent</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Ken Potter reported on an irregular die dent with a pressure ridge in a Minnesota quarter.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen others over the years.&nbsp; The take-home message is that dies do get damaged while in their softened (annealed) state.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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