2003-D Nose Anomaly

[georoxx]

Hi there.

Extra material on Abe's nose. It's a CUD-like appearance, but what caused this? Crack, somehow..?

All guesses and analyses welcome.

Thanks for looking.

-George

[enamel7]

I'm guessing struck thru grease.

[georoxx]

I thought that if it was struck through (anything), the result would be incuse. Whatever caused this left an excess (raised) material.

[jfines69]

Maybe that's the only part of the die that did not have grease... This is strange... I wonder what the pros will say!!!

[mustbebob]

I really don't know what it is. Maybe old Abe had a nose job that didn't heal too well.

[hasfam]

Abe was a life guard when he posed for this.

[georoxx]

I just noticed (after taking another look at the pic I posted) that the upper lip looks affected as well. (No ideas, eh..? Love a good mystery..!)

-George

[jfines69]

The games afoot... Bob and Rock don't know what it is... LOL... Maybe Mike Diamond!!!

[mikediamond]

I'm really not sure what kind of anomaly this is. My guess would be some kind of die deformation, but such imperfections don't cleanly follow the margin of the design.

[georoxx]

OK then. So the mystery remains unsolved... for now, anyway. (Thanks for taking a look, Mr. Diamond.)

MY logic (which may or may not be sound all of the time - LOL) tells me that this is likely not one of a kind. Maybe someone else will stumble onto another that will present some evolutionary evidence. Until then, I'm filing it in my X-Files. <smile>

-George

[jfines69]

George you are getting into the same club as Billy... LOL!!!

[DoubleYou]

Are you sure it isn't some glue on the surface? It just seems to have less luster there. May be a chip or crack I suppose. Rather strange.