2017p cent spikes around Lincolns neck

Thought this was pretty cool. Is this a case of an unpolished die or a flaw in the planchet?

 

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What's the Reverse look like ?

 

Here's a thread I did way back https://www.cointalk.com/threads/strange-rods-through-eye-washington-quarter.190856/

I think we are basically looking at the same thing. Occasionally I do find coins similar with these lines, more like yours. Don't know if it is definitively realized what is causing them.

Cool find

 

Looks like feeder finger damage. Very cool coin. This error seems to be more and more common lately. Nonetheless nice find.

 

here ya go...

 

Thanks for the link, off to read up on feeder fingers.

 

I'm not so sure about this damage being caused by feeder fingers. It looks like the die needed a good cleaning to remove a build-up of grease & dirt.

Chris

 

What? According to a certain member they don't use grease near coins at anytime!

 

paddyman98
The Darkside will lead you down the wrong path. Why don't you asked some of the grading companies that you have so many coins from.
Why they stop using the term grease filled die. (Certain member)

PS. Common sense has to prevail sometime.

 

Any chance of a clearer look at the lettering on the reverse, please.

Semper Fidelis

 

Huh? Didn't they have Brylcream back in Lincoln's day?

Chris

 

Sounds good, doesn't it? Unfortunately, reason and common sense are both sorely lacking in today's society, where a greater importance has been placed upon feelings, "safety", and never having to hear an opinion differing even slightly from one's own.

Ain't life grand?

 

. sure thing, this looks better.

 

some people believe it to be a die issue rather than feeder finger damage

https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=268429

 

Thanks much! That's the funny thing about light, focus and angle of photos. When I looked at your first Reverse shot, I did a real double take, because from my perspective, the serifs on the lettering around the rim appeared to be so notched that it had to either be one hell of a Doubled Die Reverse, or conversely MD; but really looking like a DDR as the separations looked quite rounded. But then your 2nd shot . . . well obviously a case for me of a neat optical illusion or really bad eyesight. Regardless, those are really some cool looking spikes on the Obverse; nice find!

Semper Fidelis

 

great info, thanks

 

Thank you Fallguy...

 

I never said such a thing. I said they don't "oil" coins or blanks. There is grease EVERYWHERE where metal rubs against metal, like where a die moves from whatever sleeve it's in when it's not doing a strike. Please pay closer attention to what is and is not said. Since circulating coins are struck "sideways", i.e. the dies move horizontally rather than vertically, there is no INHERENT reason grease needs to fill a die, except as aerosoled debris collected over time.

 

Actually they do (or at least they did back when they were using vertical strike presses) the blanks are lightly misted with oil to aid their travel through the feeding tubes etc so that they wouldn't jam up.