Adams' headache

[Keleum]

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Whats up with this, its awfully deep to be normal handling. Especially considering its in a uncirculated set?

 

Is this a "mint" error or just handling error?

[Bruceswar]

I would say Mint Error. Coin looks pretty flawless and then WHAM!

[Revenant]

It looks like a die crack or something similar resulting from the strike.

[Keleum]

That's what I was thinking, I just wasn't expecting such a "striking" example to make it out of the US mint facilities.

[RGT]

It looks like a strike through. Is it recessed or raised?

[bsshog40]

From the pic this look recessed. Looks like it got gouged during some sort of the minting process.

[Conder101]

Loks like some kind of strike through to me. It is recessed (The light reflections show that.) and I see no evidence of any lateral movement so It is almost certainly not a scratch. A direct impact is a possibility but not likely since it seems to affect the high relief and the field equally and there is no discontinuity at the transition from the field to the devices. If something hit the coin after striking with no discontinuity I would expect the depression in the head to be deeper than in the field. If the gash was in the planchet before striking the dies would have flattened it in the field.

[Keleum]

Conder, as always, thanks!!

 

 

[Conder101]

Keleum, remember that is what my impression is from seeing the images. If I saw it in hand I may be of a different opinion. But at least you understand from my comments why I called it as I did.

[errorist]

Strike through for sure