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This must be gorgeous in hand
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Because my first reaction off the obverse image was ‘whoaaaaa’ and not in a good way
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I swear that I already knew what coin you must have posted before I even clicked on the link.
I had the exact same thought when I saw it 15 minutes ago.
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Holder scuffs? Except they outline the design.
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So way back in 1986 when I was at submarine school in Connecticut I received a seated Liberty dollar that was graded 64 because of slight hairlines on the obverse but was drop dead gorgeous with hard mirrors and subtle original toning. I always wondered if that coin would have made a higher grade these days and now I know for sure.
Die polish? Wouldn't hairlines go right up to the relief?
I suspect that part of this has to be raised lines associated with die polish... especially to the left and at the heaviest area in the fields affected. Otherwise... there is simply no reasonable way this coin could end up in a 65 holder... period.
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Looks like die polish to me.
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Trueview doesn't look as bad, but also doesn't really show the surfaces well. Those hairlines are probably light, they just caught it at an angle that really highlights them.
Straight die polish lines? Hmmmmmm
Edited to add: For that matter, I’ve never seen a proof only trade dollar with die polish lines. Not a single one.
Not die polish. I think the hairline patch is present on the coin, but the photo through the slab is making it look worse than it actually is.
I'm thinking roller marks.
Ed. S.
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I don't think they're roller marks and don't think they're hairlines, which makes me think they are die polish lines. Roller marks would likely be more parallel to one another and these are not all parallel while hairlines would most likely go up to and over the devices and these lines appear to stop cleanly well within the open fields. These open areas are the highest point of any die so I think they were polished.
Obviously, I have not seen the coin in-hand and could absolutely be wrong.
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Ya sure that’s not because you mostly deal in the moon graded examples? To say no proof only trade dollars have die polish is crazy talk.
You misunderstand me. I have seen many of the early proofs with die polish lines, but by the time they started doing proof only dates they knew what they were doing. Show me another example of an 1879 or later proof with die polish lines.