What's the story? Did they just put the coins in hay after minting? Were the coins still warm creating the haymarks? Also, how do haymarks effect grading? g.
It is merely a language thing. Haymarks is the word used in Britain for what we would call hairlines.
Thanks for the reply. I've read that in modern coin terminology, haymarks are hairlines. I could have sworn that recently an expert in British coinage told me that 17th century British coins were placed on hay after minting, resulting in linear streaks. Then, again, I could have been having a flashback from the 70's :too-cool-for: Oh, well, here's a coin described as having "haymarks" g.
You may have been told that, I honestly don't know but I can't imagine what possible reason there would be for doing so. It's immaterial how the lines/marks got there - the point is they are hairlines on the coin no matter what you call them. As for the coin you pictured, those are not haymarks. Here is a coin that has haymarks on it -
My bad. The term is haymarking. I got this from a British site: Taken from this site: http://www.davidseamancoins.co.uk/info.php I'm still not sure about the definition. g.
Another example: http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=419&Lot_No=51871 Still another and better example (and graded NGC MS63!): http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=3010&Lot_No=22629&Lot_Id_No=130029#Photo g.
Hay Marks My NGC MS62 1703 sixpence has haymarks from the minting process and looks nothing like hairlines.......a coin with hairlines is unlikely to pass muster at NGC, let alone get MS62.
