I have recently been going through a couple rolls of unc 58's P and D mints and the vast majority have numerous die lines/scratches especially on the reverse. Why so common this year? I admit I have seen far fewer exdamples of other unc years but I don't recall so many lines on them. Also, do these lines negativly affect grading? and if so, how much?
Die cracks have no effect on grading. I think the dies in the 50's weren't very hard and they produced a good number of coins, so we see a lot of cracks. You can see a lot of die wear in most of the 50's series, most notably the portraits are usually mush with almost no detail.
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