1999 Lincoln Memorial Cent Die Scratches/Gouges Or Post Mint Damage?

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chuckster 125 Pillar of the Community United States 4113 Posts	Posted 01/10/2009 3:47 pm The Reverse of this 99 LMC has a die scratch? from the top of the rim into the Memorial.(Pic #1) What are all those diagonal lines going across the steps? Are they die scratches/gouges or Post-Mint Damage from something that scraped across it? Thanks! Edited by chuckster 125 01/10/2009 3:50 pm Report this Post to the Staff

MorgansRmine Pillar of the Community United States 1219 Posts	Posted 01/10/2009 4:11 pm chuckster, the lines in the steps are just random polishing lines. You can see the back of Lincolns neck between the columns. Lousey job of trying to remove clash marks. The die crack above the building I'm not sure of. Seems to go over the dot and bottom bar of E. Have to wait and see what Charles says. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 01/10/2009 4:46 pm It was (The Die) probably brushed with a wire brush. The lines seem to be parallel in certain areas. But it is not post mint damage. There are several more coins that look like this because of the cleaning. Report this Post to the Staff
Morgans Dad Pillar of the Community United States 5613 Posts	Posted 01/10/2009 4:57 pm This to me appears to be 1st- a die break, 2nd polishing marks from someone at the mint after repairing the die( harshly done polishing ). Nice photos... PS:MorgansRmine, saw your latest finds, amazing, buy a lottery ticket,,, Report this Post to the Staff
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