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    JOHN ADAMS HUMP ON HEAD

    I just found a few of these in a roll. I hope the pic is OK. There is a hump on the top of Adam's head. It is raised a little bit above the field. Any help would be appreciated.
    Thanks, Nick
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    It looks like it maybe the beginning of a die chip. From your description, it would be called a retained die break.

    BJ Neff
    Member of: ANA, CCC, CONECA, Fly-in-club, FUN, NLG & T.E.V.E.C.

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      BJ
      How do you tell a "Retained Die Break" from a "Die Break". You dont have to reply I just had to ask.
      Jack

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        BJ was specifically referring to a "retained interior die break". Here a section of the die sinks in, leaving the corresponding portion of the coin elevated. If the section falls away, you've got a die chip or, if large enough, an interior die break. I can't really tell what's going on in your specimen. It could be a die dent, a bi-level die crack, some die deformation, or a die dent.
        Mike Diamond. Error coin writer and researcher.

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