Die Lines On State Quarter ( I Think)

I think you will find the lines are on the planchet before the strike and have nothing to do with the dies.

I've seen these before on cents. They are rolling lines. If you had a roll of these you would notice that they are in different directions. This would not be the case if they were on the die.


As to why they don't go away after the strike? Maybe because we are looking at it in a microscope. The devices shape the coin. It may just be so small were can only see it looking so closely. When we forget this point, all we need to do is put a hair/toothpick and then we can realize how closely were are looking at something.

Woodies occur from an improper alloy mix.

Thanks for the replies. I have another coin from the same roll only on the next one the entire obverse surface is "dimply" rather than lined.