5c 1965 Interesting Damage

Both coins are from bullion lots in EF circulated condition. As you can see from the picture, the spacing between the head and shoulder and the elbow to the knee, shows very little polishing done on the die.

Small lines in the left maple leaf, but none in the eye ball, G, or A.

I have a 1996 US cent with "lathe lines". It is considered scarce, and a collectable coin.
If those lines were present on the master die or hub, I would think it would be a common variety for that year. But what if die blanks were worked on a lathe before impressions were made? If a die blank had some deep lathe lines, would they survive the hubbing process?

I would think that the lathe lines on the die would eventually disappear after a short while of striking, that's why they are "not" common,IMHO.
John1

You are correct, I saw the word blanks and thought planchet. It is a definite possibility. What puzzles me is that the dies,supossibly new,or first striking because of the lathe lines, why dose the coin look like an old worn out die?
Can we rule out this as a trial piece?

In the same hoard of rolls, I found the same reverse die with a (re-cut 5)with lines almost gone. In compairison with all varieties wondered if the dies were the same. In conclusion, the same die was used for both fresh lines and polished away. A different variety lathe line has a different (5). On another type, the same reverse has both no clash and double clash obverse. Each has tell tail signs to a particular die. I feel I must get the rest of the rolls to learn more. It seems the lathe variety must bring 25 dollars to be able to brake even.

One coin has the wdd 5, the other doesn't. For both coins, I did not see anything special for the "5 cents". Hope this helps.