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Valued Member
United States
213 Posts |
Hello,
I have a couple nickels I pulled from a box of nickels I searched. They have perfectly straight and parallel lines on 2 nickels. It is not gouging. The marks seem to be just lightly on the finish of the coins, but it is obvious to the naked eye. It is not just one line. It is on the obverse of both a 1940 and 1970 nickel. I may have a third around here.
What causes this? I can't post pics right now, but I will later if need be.
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Moderator
 United States
16679 Posts |
Could be die cracks. Pics would help :-)
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1807 Posts |
Could be polishing lines.
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Valued Member
 United States
213 Posts |
Let's see...
(Fiddles with camera)
It's impossible to photograph. I will try to sketch it and post it here.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1807 Posts |
Are the lines pretty much in the same direction?
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Valued Member
United States
213 Posts |
Here's a very, very rough approximation of what it looks like. Yeah, MS paint!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2669 Posts |
Could be flow lines. I had one like that; I will see if I can find the link to it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2669 Posts |
I can't seem to search back in my posts more than 60 days...  If you could post an actual picture of it though, it would be much easier to diagnose. Sorry I could not be more help. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12437 Posts |
Multiple parallel fine striations? Sounds like roller marks from setting the thickness of the metal stock used for planchets. Of course, pics would help  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
1943 Posts |
Are the lines raised? Are they the same, weaker or stronger as they go from the field into the letters or Monticello? Do they go completely across the coin as your illustration shows? Nothing beats a photo but descriptions like this might help us some. Also, what makes you feel it isn't or might not be post mint damage?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1450 Posts |
Are these the lines you are describing? I think they are alloy error lines, but I could be(and probably am)wrong!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
The front and back of mine look like yours as well. I don't know what causes this, I also don't know where I put this nickel either. LOL  |
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Valued Member
United States
213 Posts |
Yes!
The 2 above pics look very similar to my coin. How did you guys get such good pics?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
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Yes!
The 2 above pics look very similar to my coin. How did you guys get such good pics? messin around, they were hard to photograph, so I enhanced mine with photo program. I wondered if they were raised, but it does not appear to be. More like lines in the metal. Mine BTW is dated 1994 D |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2734 Posts |
They're most likely either roller marks or striations from descaling brushes used to clean coin metal strip.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Posted 07/07/2009 10:07 pm
