Older trail die? 1959-d

[koinmon]

THE QUESTION WHAT IS A TRAIL DIE? FINALLY GOT ME TO POST THIS. I'VE FOUND A FEW OF THESE IN A BU ROLL I CHECKED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. NOT SURE IF IT IS ONE. POSSIBLE TRAIL LINES COMING OFF THE "T" OF CENT.
George
SORRY FOR FORGETING TO POST PICTURES.

[koinmon]

Pictures added.

[JeanK]

Those are some mighty good pictures.
It is possible the lines from the T in CENT could be trails or maybe file/die marks. BJ or Bob will likely check in on this real soon to let you know.
Jean

[trails]

Hi George - I would be definitely interested in seeing these coins if you have found a couple in a BU roll. While I cannot say for sure that they are trail dies, they seem to have the characteristics of that die anomaly.

Thanks George.

BJ Neff

[koinmon]

ROBERT, WILL SEND A COUPLE OF THESE TO YOU TOMORROW.
George

[jcuve]

That's rather interesting, does almost look like Trails...curious what BJ will say after examination; keep us posted!

[koinmon]

UNFORTUNATELY THIS DID NOT TURN OUT TO BE TRAIL DIE LINES; JUST POLISHING MARKS. MANY THANKS TO BJ NEFF FOR HIS TIME AND EXPERTISE.
George

[trails]

This was a very interesting die. It did have some of the attributes of being a trail die, but it also had some dis-qualifiers for being a trail die as well. Some time next week, I will be putting this die on the traildies.com site as an interesting non-trail die.


Thanks George for sending these coins down to me.

BJ Neff

[lineop3]

Thanks BJ. We need these examples to learn from. And thanks to George for posting it.

Aisha