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Coin Counters And Hairlines

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 Posted 09/08/2010  7:24 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add stephen to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
In searching uncirculated rolls of coins
My findings are a defect that is 90%+ prevalent on most coin surfaces..... hairlines scratches.
Visible by rotating the coin in a bright light source.
Magnification makes it easier for me.
Looking straight onto the coin the surface can be perfect but at an angle these (not gradable/BU coins) hairlines will appear.

At fist I thought they to be improper cleaning, from previous owners.
I thought about large rubs or skid marks on some coins, these I was told by a world class grader to be from a stuck coin in a coin counting machine.
Then went to the klopp coin counter web page. On the left upper corner I found videos. Check them out.....
What not to do to a coin 101.

Glancing a coin counters in banks and such I have never paid attention to there mechanics. in researching hairlines and there cause, there seems to be a direct correlation.

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Assuming it's a pristine, BU coin....what you're seeing are not hairlines. They are flow lines and/or die polish lines.
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Not according to PCGS and other world class graders whom have seen these coins, Not die polish but a wave of hairlines all in one direction.
I have some BU coins not gradable to a ms63 with no hairlines. I will take a handful to my bank to test out my theory.
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