What’s up with this Ike’s surface?
Reclypso
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I keep seeing Ike’s in unofficial mint sets with tons of tiny little marks that almost look fuzzy to me but the surfaces seem to have great luster still. Is the surface altered, cleaned, or is this just normal wear? Sorry for the newbie question it just looks strange to me. Video of the luster below and hopefully you can see the tiny nicks on the coin in the photos.
Also if anyone wants to see the quarter and Kennedy in this set I’ll post pics they don’t have the same/as much of the nicks going on.
Luster video
https://streamable.com/6cskqq
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Ikes are known for commonly having lots of planchet chatter.
Planchet chatter consists of marks that were on the planchet before striking. Normally, these marks are obliterated when the coin is struck, but if the coin is weakly struck, they may remain visible after striking. When a coin is large and struck from more resistant metals (such as copper-nickel clad Ikes) there is more of a tendency for them not to be struck with enough pressure to wipe out all of the planchet chatter.
See:
https://www.ikegroup.info/?page_id=195
what he said.
Thank you for this awesome info! I never would have thought that was the reason surprised I’ve never heard of this before… In the article it says it most likely will affect the grade I really am just aiming for some MS64 or higher toned Ike’s do you think an example with this much chatter could even make that grade? Thanks again 🙂
@Reclypso ... Absent serious dings and hits, it is possible. Try sending them in... It will be informative for your skills. Write down what you think as far as condition and issues for each coin. Then see what PCGS thinks. Let us know how it goes. Cheers, RickO