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This is by far the nicest Zinc I have ever found in circulation, but the dies were heavily polished leading to amazing luster, but lose of some detail and also a lot of polish lines. Does that hurt the grade? What would this one grade? Thanks for the help. Obverse  Reverse  Thanks for your time and looking. |
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I dont think they are polish lines but rather planchet stritations, since they flow the same direction on both sides of the coin. I could be wrong though. As to weather or not it affects the grade, I'm curious as to that answer as well. Its a very nice coin.
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06/19/2013 2:09 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice one! EZ 66RD
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i do think they will take away from the grade in the higher register, that said BadThad is 100% right about this coin. MS66.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I dont think they are polish lines but rather planchet stritations, since they flow the same direction on both sides of the coin. I could be wrong though. As to weather or not it affects the grade, I'm curious as to that answer as well. Its a very nice coin. Correct, those are not polish lines, they are striations. I missed it, but to answer the question, NO, they usually don't effect the grade. In fact, those polish lines tend to impart extra luster which helps the grade. |
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Oh okay, good to know. So what exactly is planchet striations? Is that the technical name for the wood grain effect on brown coins?
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Bedrock of the Community
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The striations are imperfections in the copper plating, very typical of zinc cents.
The technical name for woodgraining? Most of us just use "woody", but probably "improper alloy mix" is more proper.
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Am I right on this takes away from strike details, but adds to luster? From everything I always see, luster > strike detail for higher graded coins
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Bedrock of the Community
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No, die polish lines only affect the fields and I don't think striations well affect the "details". With the TPG's luster is KING! |
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I missed it, but to answer the question, NO, they usually don't effect the grade. In fact, those polish lines tend to impart extra luster which helps the grade I tend to agree with you, but do you think this is only true up to a certain point? I couldn't imagine that a coin with this many striations would ever grade ms69 or 70, maybe not even ms68. |
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 they should not matter to the grade except beyond MS68 where they would probably hold it back. That said I think this is a really nice example of a modern LHC probably MS66/67RD "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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I forgot to mention that I really like the grain on the coin and actually think it adds to the overall look of the coin
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Posted 06/19/2013 10:51 pm
