I decided i like polish lines on coins......1943 Steel cent
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snagged this at DLC today...... i like whatever generates this appearance.....
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Is it semi-PL in hand?
remains to be seen.... still over at DLC... paid for today
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What’s the grade on that baby? I saw a 67PL 43-S Steel being sold at a local coin show for $1200...
Always buying nice toned coins! Searching for a low grade 1873 Arrows DDO Dime and 1842-O Small Date Quarter.
No matter the mint the die cracks seem to all appear in the same location reverse.
Nice well struck example!
Is that a planchet flaw obverse?
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Yes! Looks like Abe is in an electrifying shower of meteor streaks.
"I decided i like polish lines on coins"
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certainly good advice.... between this nickel and the penny above i think there is a market for these beautiful coins....
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Did you see this Mercury Dime that I posted? 1916P with very heavy reverse Die Polish.
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Ken
How do you differentiate die polish lines from cleaning related hairlines?
Die Polish lines are Raised lines on the coin. Cleaning Lines are not raised and they would run completely across a surface feature. Click on 1 of the Mercury dime pictures then click on the picture again and look where the Die Polish Lines run right up to the O in one but not over the top of it. If the lines were cleaning lines the lines would run over the top of the O.
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Came here looking to learn what a Polish Line was -- but there's nothing here about Poland.
I agree my picture sucks. But I purchased this from @ThePennyLady a while back. Probably one of my favorite coins.
Amazing how those steel cents held up against oxidation.
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I only have one coin that shows die polish but the true-view doesn't show it off very well.
My question is, what do the mint workers use to "polish" the die with...A hand full of gravel?
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WOW - that's some crazy lines @ACop . I too fail to understand why these are so obvious. Back to coin school I guess.
I have some really nice '43 cents.... no die polish lines...but some would go MS67 I am sure... I should send a couple in..... Never been a fan of die polish lines... well, I don't dislike them, just prefer clean fields. They are generally easily identified anyway. Cheers, RickO
Not sure of the grit size, but it would be sandpaper that left those marks on the striking die and subsequent raised lines on the struck planchet.
I like them. Look below the "A" in America:
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@asheland That is some heavy die polishing/scratches? Or a planchet issue?
i had a heavily die polished Barber Quarter that I submitted and was slabbed as cleaned. Sent it back in the holder with a notation on the form regarding the polish, and it came back 62
I bought a NGC coin with heavy polish marks that I wanted to crossover but was concerned about.
The only reason I took a chance was because it was CAC'ed
It crossed at grade but made me a little nervous during the wait.
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It's just extreme die polish, no planchet problems at all.
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Good job
Mine has them too:
For those trying to figure out how DPLs work, remember the fields are the highest part of the die, while the devices are sunken (except for $2-1/2 & $5 Indians). When you polish the die, little scratches turn into raised areas on the struck coins. With a loupe it's easy enough to see the raised lines.
I've always loved die polish lines. Here's a 1953-S Roosevelt Dime that had some serious work done to it.
You can even find them in the Morgan Dollar series.
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