Posted 07/07/2015 1:17 pm
When looking at both sides of the coin you can see full length fading die scratches on both sides. Part of the fields on the reverse are the bays between the columns. What does that mean? That the fields on the die are the outside part of the die. The devices are deeper into the die. So when a die is polished the fields are affected and not the devices.
So when die polishing happens the fields are left with fine die scratches. Sometimes they polish the full die, other times just the area affected by damage/clashes happen. On the Memorial cents that meant that the bays could be showing the same lines that the rest of the die is showing. That is what you are seeing on most of the bays you are looking at. The event that is happening on the first bay is a chip on the die that is just starting. (a chip is where part of the bay edge is breaking away leaving a raised unformed area) The first bay seem to be the most common to show this.
But know what is going on with die aging helps us to know what events happen to the dies that create the coins we find.
So when die polishing happens the fields are left with fine die scratches. Sometimes they polish the full die, other times just the area affected by damage/clashes happen. On the Memorial cents that meant that the bays could be showing the same lines that the rest of the die is showing. That is what you are seeing on most of the bays you are looking at. The event that is happening on the first bay is a chip on the die that is just starting. (a chip is where part of the bay edge is breaking away leaving a raised unformed area) The first bay seem to be the most common to show this.
But know what is going on with die aging helps us to know what events happen to the dies that create the coins we find.
