What caused these marks...whizzing?

1971 Denver Kennedy with uniform lines clear across entire coin. What do you think caused these?

 

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Don't know what caused it , but I'd bet it's not from " whizzing " .

 

Could that be a Kennedy 'woodie?'

 

Like paneling on the side, woodie (which is funny) or is there some other meaning to that?

Could it be bag marks? It is toned nicely.

 

its not bag marks nor is it from whizzing.. Looks like something scraped across the coin.. Are they raised lines or scratches?

 

They appear to be on top of the coin...like in the toning...thought about sticking it in some Acetone just to see what happens. Hope the additional photos give some more insight.

 

Somebody maybe wiping the coin?

 

Now thats freakin funny, Peter!

 

I was thinking the EXACT same thing.

 

I think it looks like someone was fooling around with emery cloth. A belt sander would have left some pretty deep scratches in my opinion.

 

I was thinking the same thing but they would have to have the most steady hands to make such perfect lines/pattern. The coin has nice toning, evidence of been rubbed/cleaned on the cheeks and IMO, the lines are from where ever the coin was stored. Could have been a piece of cloth or something that had the line pattern which basically fingerprinted themselves on the coins surface. Just a wild guess from similar patterns I've seen before.

 

The uniformity and perfectly straight lines do make me think it was either storage or something mechanical...given how the lines are even on the fields and the raised part of the design, I am leaning to storage and something soft that could form to the coin design.

However, I pulled this coin from a Capital Plastics set holder...it was supposedly in the holder for years (so I was told). The holder was hung on a wall, so these coins may have been getting sun for years.

Keep the thoughts coming...I am curious.

 

I was thinking maybe if the coin was in an album. The page that is resting on this coin could scratch it from sliding the book in and out of the shelf. just a thought

 

I say scratched with a cloth or pad of some sort. Maybe someone was trying to polish it.

 

My first thought was that it was lightly wiped, and then it began to tone. But, I have a similar thing happening with a bunch of Proof Jeffersons I have in my Dansco album. They are developing a light milky toning with some rainbow colors around the rim (similar to your coin), and the same thin parallel lines are showing up in the fields, but they end at the devices (not like with your coin). The majority of the coins came directly from mint sets and after looking at them, I'm certain they weren't wiped, and it's just the natural effect of the toning.

I'm not 100% sure the same is true with your coin, but I'm leaning that way. If you're not particularity attached to the coin, or the toning, you could dip it, and see if it removes the lines (and that there's no signs of damage underneath them). Acetone, wouldn't affect the toning, you would need to use a coin dip like E-Z-est.

 

Can we address the elephant in the thread? Not so sure its worth caring too much about since it is a 1971 Kennedy.

 

Go ahead and dip in acetone. If it comes off, great. If not, its a slider???

 

gbroke...not about the value...just something I had not seen and curious. Yes, it is a common date Kennedy.

 

Thats true, i didn't mean to be rude or anything. Sorry