Speaking of Nickels. . . 1 1

[cobymordet]

I was slopping through some nickels and noticed (what I would call) flaring around the letters of some 62's.  I found 4 62's with varying degrees of "flare" across all letters on OBV and REV and 2 62's with no "flare".  There is most likely a more appropriate term than "flare" to describe this effect. It's a slow day for me and I was just curious what would cause this.

 

[Greenstang]

I think the words you are looking for is Die Deterioration.

[Coinbuf]

Die deterioration which causes some of the metal to seep under lettering of the die under pressure.

[cobymordet]

Always a multi-syllabic term to fall back on.  LOL, flare has a bit more flare for me.  Thanks for the clarification!

[powermad5000]

Not the DD you want. No doubled die. No Dunkin Donuts either. 

That ski slope mushy look to it is die deterioration.

[cobymordet]

i figured it was nothing special, just never noticed it before.  I think it is an interesting artistic effect though.

[powermad5000]

Just as an fyi, a coin with evidence of die deterioration will still straight grade as long as it has its original surfaces. What I do not know for sure (I suspect it will) that the grade would be a point or two lower than if it had a clear, crisp strike. Maybe someone here knows that 100%.