Note on your coin. Both sides are showing the lines in the same direction. So they are left over rolling lines from the stock material. To show the lines are on the planchet, take a look at this partial strike cent:

Note the area in the circle? You can see them stronger on the unstruck area, and weaker on the struck area. But that is what you are seeing on your quarter. Premium, no, but knowing what they are, makes you a professor.

Note the area in the circle? You can see them stronger on the unstruck area, and weaker on the struck area. But that is what you are seeing on your quarter. Premium, no, but knowing what they are, makes you a professor.





















