Thoughts on this mark on MPL?

lkeigwin

Is this a strike through? From lint or a fabric thread or maybe a wee bit of wire? It appears to be entirely beneath the letter D but with faint traces in the E below. Pretty microscopic but I believe it's incuse.

Pix of the full coin, for those interested.
Lance.

tightbudget

Looks like it was struck through a piece of thread

cohodk

Yup, a strike thru from a piece of lint or thread from cloth used to clean/wipe the dies. Commonly seen on Seated proof coinage and proof IHCs.

GFourDriver

Lance, your pics are 1000% better than mine.

John

TomB

Looks like strikethrough, but I interpret the image as it going through the D, too.

lkeigwin

<< <i>Lance, your pics are 1000% better than mine.
John >>

John, thanks for the nice MPL. I collect MS Lincolns but sometimes I stray.

It was a lot more difficult to shoot than I expected. It's not as good as it could be but I lost patience.

Tom, you may be right. I was on the fence about that.
Lance.

ambro51

A lintmark ~~I think this is seldom seen, at least, the first Ive heard about this on a matte proof lincoln.

Staircoins

<< <i>Looks like strikethrough, but I interpret the image as it going through the D, too. >>

lkeigwin

<< <i>A lintmark ~~I think this is seldom seen, at least, the first Ive heard about this on a matte proof lincoln. >>

I've read that dies for proof coins were often wiped with a cloth. I guess that might explain it.
Lance.

morgandollar1878

<< <i>Looks like it was struck through a piece of thread >>

crypto79

Although as made I see that as grade limiting and not desirable on a issue that values perfection like proofs.