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Pillar of the Community
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I was wondering the grade of this penny. My best guess would be AU but I dont know what or if that is even right. Also I noticed what I think is die cracking. Again I could be wrong if you could let me know that would be great thanks. Casey Parman   |
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Wow, this is kind of a toughy for me...mainly because I can not tell if that may be scratches from a light cleaning or if that is some die wear on the reverse. Looks to have a bit of a grease strike on the steps or maybe just a weak strike. But otherwise I would have to say MS63RD. As for the Obverse, looks to be a lamination error of some sort.
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Bedrock of the Community
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MS-63RD, common, heavy die polish lines.
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Pillar of the Community
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On the back those lines are from the coin being polished?
I think that's weird. I found this in my change today. Why would someone polish this coin.
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06/28/2011 10:59 pm
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Most likely the lines are from Die Polishing at the mint as BadThad described above.
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Pillar of the Community
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Oh okay thanks I though he meant someone polished it.
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06/29/2011 09:21 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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Mint workers routinely polish the dies as they are being used. In 1988 I've seen a ton of coins with polish lines. If you look closely, the lines are raised on the surface and not incuse. If someone polishes a coin post mint, the lines will in incuse (below the surface).
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Pillar of the Community
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The marking on the obverse from the L in Liberty to the G in God, and the are in Trust and down. I think BrokaToe ment "this is lamination error of some sort" What exactly does this mean?
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A lamination error occurs when gases get trapped during the minting process and causes the surface of the coin to separate. Sometimes this can be so severe that it will cause the surface to actually peel away from the planchet exposing other alloys.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Laminations affect alloy coins, not plated Zincolns. A lamination is caused by an internal flaw in the alloy which is formed at the time of fabrication, it is completely unrelated to the striking of the coin.
Zincolns are known to be found with a ridge around the periphery that is attributed to die wear and you can also frequently find examples with plating splits as well.
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Thanks for the correction biokemist.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Will you look at the work on that reverse die! Except for the hit the coin took to the steps, that's a technical gem. The TPGs will market grade it down from that, though.
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Pillar of the Community
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I think the polish lines are covering up a big clash - I can see a faint outline of Abe's bust under the polishing.
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Thanks for all the information. I also noticed just now when looking at the picture the T in Cents and the rim are connected.
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Yup polish lines. Hate those. Got my coin graded and PCGS said it was cleaned and severley scratched.
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