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... to be a shiny band along that entire path much like the look of a feed finger. I'm curious to know if others see this phenomenon on VAM-1o or if it is some sort of ...

... LDS listing isn't entirely clear to me. There are a lot of examples of feed finger gouges over ED and AM separately; a few die pairs that I know that can have both are ...

... it's a D2 / 16 berry? There are a couple varieties that do have some feed finger activity in these areas, so another closeup somewhere else would help. Personally, I ...

Trying these damned scribbling scratch pictures again to get them upright.

Thanks, @rhodes6467. I did think feed finger damage but they somehow look different. Mostly oddity and not much more, but interesting to me.

I'll add that the reverse appears to have a feed finger

After many pages reading , I have feed finger gouges , feed finger scrapes , planchet striation. and a goggle search you don't wanna see for ...

Pop "Feed Finger" into the search, you'll find this: http://www.vamworld.com/forum/search.php?keywords=feed+finger and several ...

Pop "Feed Finger" into the search, you'll find this:

http://www.vamworld.com/forum/search.ph ... eed+finger

and several more directions...Like this link...:

https://www.error-ref.com/peripheral-die-damage/

Looks like you may have found something to keep you up at night?

... As far ast the recent pics and discussion… I have seen some call those feed finger gouges. Planchet was “scratched” by the feed fingers directing it into the strike “pocket”. ...

... As far ast the recent pics and discussion… I have seen some call those feed finger gouges. Planchet was “scratched” by the feed fingers directing it into the strike “pocket”. ...

Impossible to tell without the discovery coins. The gouge below TRVST is the result of a feed finger scrape that could show up on several dies. No additional pictures of either discovery coin is currently available.

... It's now off to @messydesk for an attribution sticker. The feed finger-polished area inside the wing really caught my eye: 1921-D VAM 1B1 FF area.jpg Fresh, ...

... It is unfortunate that one of the die markers listed for the VAM-3GX is feed finger die scratches by the ST but that area of the coin is flat but you have to play the cards ...

@RogerRock I know this is an old thread, but by coincidence I recently acquired a PCGS-62 coin that exactly matches your descriptions. It's now off to @messydesk for an attribution sticker.

The feed finger-polished area inside the wing really caught my eye:

... the coin has no cracks whatsoever on either side. But it does have some feed finger scrapes under the TA in STATES: 1921-D VAM 1K1 6593816-020 LFCP obv.jpg 1921-D VAM 1K1 ...

Your die cracks + feed finger lines tells me it's 1CL2.
Pretty coin.

Feed finger gouges 'wandered' a bit during the course of their lives; photos on the attribution pages aren't a must match exactly proposition.

The break at OF is the VAM 14.2B stage. Not super rare. The feed finger scrapes are common.

... around TRUST and OF on the reverse, presumably done to efface heavy feed finger polishing in that area: VAM 3FD Brent.jpg Brent and I have known for a while, though, ...

... above OF and/or adjacent wing tip with partially filled denticles. Feed finger gouges/scrapes are the cause of this die damage. Die polishing and/or die wear will ...