Struck through fiber or thread?

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IkesT
IkesT Posts: 4,600 ✭✭✭✭✭
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What term would be better for this coin? Thanks!




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  • BustHalfBrian
    BustHalfBrian Posts: 4,200 ✭✭✭✭
    edited August 6, 2025 12:05PM
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    Looks like a strike thru to me. Nice find. I'd call it a thread instead of fiber, but I think they're interchangeable.

  • World67
    World67 Posts: 13,098 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    On classic coins, they call them lint marks.

    !

  • Rc5280
    Rc5280 Posts: 1,427 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @epc said:
    They look like some of the floaters in my eyes.

    A retinal detachment is pending or underway, ask me how I know.
    See an eye doctor.

  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,066 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @epc said:
    They look like some of the floaters in my eyes.

    Omg, you are so not kidding 😳

  • OAKSTAR
    OAKSTAR Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @IkesT - Is that coin in a proof set?

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • MsMorrisine
    MsMorrisine Posts: 40,041 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    why isn't that strike-through breaking the M in UNUM?

    (a scratch would affect the m too)

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  • Rc5280
    Rc5280 Posts: 1,427 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @MsMorrisine said:
    why isn't that strike-through breaking the M in UNUM?

    (a scratch would affect the m too)

    I thought so too, but a closer look shows it overlapping/on top of the M.

  • IkesT
    IkesT Posts: 4,600 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @OAKSTAR said:
    @IkesT - Is that coin in a proof set?

    Yes.

  • IkesT
    IkesT Posts: 4,600 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @MsMorrisine said:
    why isn't that strike-through breaking the M in UNUM?

    (a scratch would affect the m too)

    The struck through is contiguous through the "M", it just doesn't show in the photo very well.

  • OAKSTAR
    OAKSTAR Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 6, 2025 3:14PM
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    @IkesT said:

    @OAKSTAR said:
    @IkesT - Is that coin in a proof set?

    Yes.

    Is all this stuff on the inside or outside of the case?

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • WinLoseWin
    WinLoseWin Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    it was struck on "Take Your Cat To Work Day" at the mint that year.

    "To Be Esteemed Be Useful" - 1792 Birch Cent --- "I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain." - Lily Tomlin

  • IkesT
    IkesT Posts: 4,600 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 6, 2025 2:53PM
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    @OAKSTAR said:

    @IkesT said:

    @OAKSTAR said:
    @IkesT - Is that coin in a proof set?

    Yes.

    Is all this stuff on the inside or outside the case?

    What look like scuffs and specks of dust are on the case.

  • CaptHenway
    CaptHenway Posts: 34,167 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I would guess a thread from a polishing rag, or, in other words, a "lint mark."

    Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
  • OAKSTAR
    OAKSTAR Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @IkesT said:

    @OAKSTAR said:

    @IkesT said:

    @OAKSTAR said:
    @IkesT - Is that coin in a proof set?

    Yes.

    Is all this stuff on the inside or outside the case?

    What look like scuffs and specks of dust are on the case.

    Just as a side note, scratches have been known to be on/in proof sets. Looks like someone forced this dime into the set with a screwdriver!! 🤬 😡

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

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