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Valued Member
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Moderator
 United States
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 sad to see those scratches on the first three. Coins should not meet sand paper, that's what it looks like.  |
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Valued Member
 United States
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I would think it odd to be sandpaper if at under 100x magnification it's clear to see they're all raised, not worn into the coin? Wouldn't they be incuse if it was sandpaper grit?
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United States
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those sure look like scratches in the fields on the first three coins. Looks like someone tried to "clean" them.
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Valued Member
United States
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They don't have any breaks in light when they're rotated. Have you seen the SMS Dime? The die scratches are the biggest indication next to the proof like rims..I thought it may have been sandpaper too but that's why I checked with the 100x. Being a moderator, I'm sure you'd know what you're talking about so I'm going to look further into this but would sandpaper be raised like die scratches and polish lines? I wouldn't think so?
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Valued Member
United States
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Can you see the HUGE scratch at the bottom of Washington's Bust? They're tiny versions of that scratch.
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Valued Member
United States
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It's strange you say "cleaning" because another post where we discussed SMS Nickels came back as cleaned by another person. It seems there may be a reason for that theory either correct or incorrect.
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Valued Member
United States
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Not to mention my one roll of Uncirculated 1964 Nickels were assumed to be circulated by everyone on here. Something is obviously out of whack.
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Valued Member
United States
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You know...now that I'm looking at them you're right. I can't even deny it. I cannot for the life of me understand why some idiot would ruin an otherwise flawless coin by trying to clean it with something so abrasive. That hurts. The half is nice and satin. The Quarter is ok but has some flaws. The dime I still think is about right for the polish lines I typically see on the higher grades of the year. But Jefferson and Lincoln...sorry guys some moron did you dirty.
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What kind of holder are these coins in? John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Anybody else notice that the abrasions are straight until they approach a device, then the change direction to parallel the device.
They look to be in the bottom of an Air-tite (or similar) capsule or the bottom of a plastic SMS holder (I just love those things for displaying year sets except there's no opening for a half-dime).
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Pillar of the Community
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These are die polish lines/marks, they are raised and notice that they are Not on the design and are only on the fields. Your nickel has parallel lines that continue through the design and into the fields just like any other harshly cleaned coin   |
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United States
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It looks like Jefferson severely cut himself shaving on his cheek...
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You have perfectly normal 1964 coins, although it should be obvious that the cent and nickel have been harshly cleaned. Quote:
Can you see the HUGE scratch at the bottom of Washington's Bust? That is a die crack, not a scratch. The base of the bust and the leading edges of the eagle wings are the two primary locations for die cracks on Washington quarters. |
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United States
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They are in the same case that the 65-67 and sets are in. I'll post a pic it's the rectangle snap case that holds them in a row. Even the proof coins have that rough texture on Jefferson's cheek from 64. Not all but a lot that I have seen. The lines actually don't continue through the design, they go in a separate direction. The lines from the left to the right are in a different direction..so that's not entirely the case. I mean it's probably cleaning, ok, but at least take the time to notice before insinuating they're just one quick swipe in the same direction
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I see biedercoins noticed what I'm saying.
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Posted 05/27/2016 02:31 am
