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unholyroller Pillar of the Community United States 1903 Posts	Posted 02/07/2012 2:53 pm It is hard to get the image to show it well, but this roll find I got today has absolute mirror fields. Being that there was no SMS set in 68 and this being a Denver minted coin, what do I have here? Report this Post to the Staff

CaptainFwiffo Pillar of the Community United States 4132 Posts	Posted 02/07/2012 3:03 pm Did somebody polish it? Report this Post to the Staff
upstate Pillar of the Community United States 3278 Posts	Posted 02/07/2012 3:08 pm , most likely reason Report this Post to the Staff
unholyroller Pillar of the Community United States 1903 Posts	Posted 02/07/2012 3:12 pm Doubtful on the polish. The reverse is just as nice as the obverse. There is way too much fine detail on the reverse to polish it to a mirror finish and not round over or buff out the fine details. Even the strike quality seems deeper than most. There is absolutely no evidence of polishing, that I can assure you. Edited by unholyroller 02/07/2012 3:13 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Landude Valued Member United States 223 Posts	Posted 02/07/2012 3:12 pm +1 for polish. I had to check the Red Book even though I'm sure roller already did... Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 02/07/2012 3:35 pm numerous fine hairlines on the obverse indicate a polishing Report this Post to the Staff
Hondo Pillar of the Community United States 1211 Posts	Posted 02/07/2012 3:47 pm I agree. Hairlines would tell me polished. Report this Post to the Staff
unholyroller Pillar of the Community United States 1903 Posts	Posted 02/07/2012 3:53 pm Fair enough...the ayes have it..polished it is...is that polished or Polished (the country ) lol I just find it amazing the reverse details arent polished to being "soft looking" all corners appear crisp. But I defer to the experts :-) Report this Post to the Staff
clairhardesty Pillar of the Community United States 1027 Posts	Posted 02/07/2012 4:33 pm If it lacks the hairlines associated with polishing then it may simply be a late die state coin, struck by a die pair that was polished by striking thousands of planchets. This is the mechanism that created the PL UHRDE coins. The mint polished the die surface and as the die wore the hairlines disappeared and smooth fields were created. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 02/07/2012 5:46 pm I see a lot of hairlines and halos around the lettering. I vote for polished. Report this Post to the Staff
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