2001 D Vermont quarter

Any idea? Maybe a clash. Looks like an attempt to polish it out occurred.

 

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By your pictures it makes the coin look gold plated.Not sure if it's a die clash,can't find an overlay for this design.

 

I totally agree .

 

Is the design incuse? It kind of looks like the outer branch above FREEDOM.

 

It is raised. Does it look like an attempt to polish it out?

 

I was wondering if it might have been a dropped element from one of the branches. I was trying to figure out from which cluster of branches since none appeared to line up. But I was keeping in mind that the reverse image was also possible here. However, the impression would have been incuse. It is interesting Mark. Can you get a couple extra pictures of the affected area? Close-ups with maybe a slight tilt to see the profile?

Interesting...certainly flip worthy in my opinion.

 

PS - not thinking a clash since the design appears related to the RDV and not the ODV.

 

I do see what you are seeing regarding the grooves N to S.

 

I'll put it under the microscope and see if I can get closer image.

 

Your images above are pretty good. The hope here is that the new photos might reveal something new. I'll be on the lookout for them.

 

Took a better shot with phone under natural light. Those polish lines I was talking about actually look like the tree.

 

Mate, that is something.

Definitely some sort of error, I'm going with a dropped filling or something close to it (Or well really a dropped element) a really nice coin! Definitely worth putting inside a 2x2
https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/die-fill-responsible-for-errors-seldom-found.html

 

The lines do resemble the tree bark. The event appears in the center of the coin, which is the more typical position for Class 8 doubling. The event appears in relief, which suggests that it's not a dropped element. It doesn't appear like a clash since it's in relief and does not look like it comes from George's wig details.

Interesting event though. More minds and discussion perhaps to sort this out.

 

It kind of does look like a dropped element from the branch, but I do agree with possible doubling

 

In an earlier post I asked Mark for confirmation that the detail was in relief and not incuse. It looked like it was in relief, so that would rule out a dropped element. What is puzzling is how a RDV detail might appear in another spot on the RDV. Doubling would explain it, but normally on a Class 8 doubling, the detail reproduced is adjacent. This isn't really the case for the 'branch-like' detail. Part of a tree feature might be doubled, but not to the extent that we see the 'bark-like' effect adjacent. This leaves a couple of questions in my mind: How can two separate design details be present in the same general area? Design transfer of some kind? It is an interesting issue here for sure...at least it has my curiosity. Please point out any details I might be overlooking. I'm ready to revise theory as needed.

 

Oh my gosh! The guy on the coin is from Vermont. He lives and works there. It’s winter and he’s cold. He’s got on a cost and a scarf. All you’re seeing is the cold air from his breathing while he’s freezing getting the sap to make maple syrup.

Sorty but I couldn’t help it. It looks like a die clash and what you’re seeing is not his breathing or a tree but it’s the hair from Washington himself.

 

I was trying to line up the wig features (inverted/reversed) but it didn’t seem to ‘fit’.

 

Looks to me like the dies clashed.
Neat find @Mark68

 

Maybe a rotated die?

 

When I first saw this in Numismatic news they dubbed it the man smoking.