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Valued Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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These aren't die polishing lines, the coin itself was polished post-mint. It would give it a details grade.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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At first I though this was a mint issue, but after looking more into it. The affected area is not just the fields. The raised devices seem to be affected as well. So I'm thinking this is coin polishing, not die scratches.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Those are not polish marks. They are marks from a severe cleaning.
Polish marks would only be in the fields, not over the whole coin.
Look at the other coins and see if the marks are in the same position
which they would be if the die was polished.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Must agree. These are now simply junk silver, or coins worth only their bullion content.  |
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 United States
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@ccobb, I agree with the others that these seem to be polishing of the coin itself, but am intrigued that other coins from the roll have the same patterning. Can you please post a couple other examples with these marks? Thx.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It's been harshly cleaned. It's now junk Silver and is only worth melt value.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Regrettably, if all the coins in the roll are like this then someone has harshly cleaned these coins to give them a shine. Even possibly to pass them off as uncirculated.
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Valued Member
 United States
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Thank you all! and yes I see what you mean, Kennedy's face is scratched on most of these. How did I get so lucky LOL. But it was a good lesson for me, now I know to research die making/polishing. I had no idea that only the fields are affected in die polishing. I'm just learning as I go, learn something new everyday. and @Spence yes, I managed to find about twenty of these scratched coins, I had already put them in the sorting bins but they were on top and not too hard to find. My husband is very ill but Ill take pics and post them soon. Thank you for your interest!   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I hope you didn't pay a fortune for roll. If you did, then you got ripped off.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like they were cleaned. PMD. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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There are a lot of doubled dies that year to look for. (Even though they are messed up a bit)
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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These are NOT proof coins.
Errers and Varietys.
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Valued Member
United States
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@Errers and Varietys. I don't see where anyone ever mentioned that they were proof coins?
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United States
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@ccobb, thanks for posting a bunch of them so that we can compare the scratches. What I was trying to understand by having you post several of them was whether the pattern of scratches was truly identical from one coin to the next. While they are all scratched, the scratches are not identical and therefore the best explanation is damage.
I agree that someone went over these with a wire brush or abrasive clearer, perhaps trying to make them "shiny".
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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