Die polishing marks and grading...

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• curly Posts: 2,880 ✭

  February 21, 2008 10:59PM

  
  Since the marks came from the die, I don't think it affects the grade. It may however, affect the desireability.
  
  All that aside, put die polishing marks off Lincoln's shoulder and off his nose and you'll have some brothers around here panting.

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• astrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 22, 2008 12:30AM

  If the marks affect the eye appeal, good or bad, it affects the grade. Eye appeal is a major component of grading, especially MS coins.
  
  Die polish lines themselves are imparted during striking and are not considered surface marks that would lower the grade (due to post-striking damage). There are some GREAT examples with Morgan dollars and Lincoln cents where the dies were, quite obviously, unfinished following lapping and course polishing where the lines are so prominent that the coin looks harshly cleaned. THESE types of die polish lines, for me, actually make the coin more desirable.
  
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• ahooka454 Posts: 3,466 ✭

  February 22, 2008 12:33AM

  It shouldnt. If anything, they should be first strikes. I like them. It gives an otherwise normal run of the mill coin character.

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• JRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 22, 2008 12:42AM

  

  Some coins are just plain "Interesting"

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