Posted 06/08/2015 1:58 pm
I'd say improperly cleaned. Not sure if that's whizzed, usually whizzed has smoother surfaces and the hairlines are much smaller. Not bag marks, either.
I'd say hold out for better, personally.
I SHOULD ADD... Knowing what you're doing and all... If you end up with a later Wheat, Mint State coins CAN have die tooling/polishing marks.
These will be protruding (rather than incuse) lines made in the striking die. The dies were often polished hurriedly and rushed, leaving light hairlines in the die that were transferred then to the coin.
Improper cleaning lines will go into the coin, die polish lines will come out of the coin's field.
That's a very difficult thing to distinguish from cleaning scratches for the untrained eye. I would say see if you can find some cheap '50s wheats that are definitely MS to learn the difference. Or if you have some, see if you can see what I'm talking about. VERY common on coins of the 1950s.
I'd say hold out for better, personally.
I SHOULD ADD... Knowing what you're doing and all... If you end up with a later Wheat, Mint State coins CAN have die tooling/polishing marks.
These will be protruding (rather than incuse) lines made in the striking die. The dies were often polished hurriedly and rushed, leaving light hairlines in the die that were transferred then to the coin.
Improper cleaning lines will go into the coin, die polish lines will come out of the coin's field.
That's a very difficult thing to distinguish from cleaning scratches for the untrained eye. I would say see if you can find some cheap '50s wheats that are definitely MS to learn the difference. Or if you have some, see if you can see what I'm talking about. VERY common on coins of the 1950s.
Edited by Scropper
06/08/2015 2:03 pm
06/08/2015 2:03 pm
