Franklin with die polish marks

CoinAddict

I purchased another Franklin for my set. The coin was purchased from Lucy. It is a very attractive coin with die polish marks. I think they give the coin a lot of character. What do you all think of it? Thanks for selling me another great coin, Lucy.
1953-S OBV picture taken by Lucy
1953-S REV picture taken by Lucy
Picture of the Obverse I took
Picture of the Reverse I took

FC57Coins

The coin looks really good Kyle - the name of one of your pics "lucy's rev pic" got my heart pumping

dlimb2

Those look like the die polish marks on my 51D...it is purdy tooooooooo....it is FBL also...

CoinAddict

Anyone else have any comments?

GoldCoinLover

What are "die polish lines"? I saw it in my offiacal PCGS book but still can't grasp what it really is.

foodude

Anyone else have any comments?
Yet another nice coin from the HepKitty

What are "die polish lines"? I saw it in my offiacal PCGS book but still can't grasp what it really is.
During the life of the die, a mint employee periodically polishes the die with an abrasive material. The result includes leaving patches of very fine scratches on (small grooves in) the surface of the die. The resulting coin then has a series of very fine raised lines on the surface of the coin formed from the scratches on the die.

RNCHSN

I think they can add character and abhorr the current practicce of "market grading" down for polish marks!

I had a beautiful Pilgrim Commem. that had prominent obv. die polish marks. PCGS graded it as MS-61, but it was an easy 63 on technical merit.

I sold it this past January.

FC57Coins

Want to see great polish marks? How about the obverse of this Kennedy? What look like scratches on the obverse field, are actually raised, so it means that they were dug into the die when they were being polished.