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Pillar of the Community
United States
2596 Posts |
Another toned Wheat cent. What are the lines all over this one. Any sugestions?   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19185 Posts |
Might be barely emergent lamination issues on the obverse. Reverse, sadly, shows finger print(s). Nice coin.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2596 Posts |
lamination issues..that makes sense I never thought about that. Yeah those fingerprints lol
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Interesting example.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19963 Posts |
I don't like the striations and finger prints. I think they over graded this one IMO.
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Moderator
 United States
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Decent example. Better than the one I have. |
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Moderator
United States
15464 Posts |
I enjoy the honest look of brown MS cents. This is not the most eye appealing example due to the distractions already noted. Still - a lovely coin.
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Valued Member
United States
357 Posts |
Not as nice as your other coins posted but a nice coin nonetheless.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
6244 Posts |
An Lam will not make those lines. The line you see are from the die.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
797 Posts |
Nice coin!
I agree, lamination issue.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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@JTCC: You question? Legitim to achieve some knowledge. In fact the term Lamination is improper. This coin was not laminated (which mean union of two different materials by pressing, plating, cladding, etc.) We say ex-foliation or foliation which never take those form. What you see on the coin are raised lines which are characteristic to die polishing. Hope help you.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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IMHO, these lines are from an improperly mixed alloy as one part of the alloy starts to oxidize.
Different metals oxidize at different rates.
An example would be zinc oxidizing after the copper plating is breached on a modern cent. As the zinc oxidizes it will first expand, usually above the surface.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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IMHO, these lines are from an improperly mixed alloy as one part of the alloy starts to oxidize. If you look closely, the lines are all raised. I believe this is due to die damage because they extend into the devices. I've owned a couple of similar coins - and may still have one. My theory is the mint managed to damage the dies during polishing. Perhaps a belt sander and someone was careless or the belt had some out of spec, big grains on it. Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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