1915-S Barber Half... die polish lines or hairlines?

On the obverse.

 

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I vote hairlines.

 

They look raised in the images and the reverse looks gorgeous.

I'd be inclined to think they're die polish lines but will defer to the experts here.

 

Any chance you have additional photos handy?

 

Not at this time.

 

I'm with Book's this one is hard to read I like to see better images, and this would definitely be an in hand not photo purchase.

 

Tough call. May have had the old scrub a dub though

 

I'm thinking it's both.

 

It's tough to say with the photos. But the lines on the cheek and in the neck area look like they're raised imo which makes me want to think the rest of them are polish lines as well and not scratching.

 

I vote hairlines

 

Looking directly behinde the head and neck at the ribbons that area looks to be polish lines....other areas looks to be hair lines as they travel in more than one direction. The reverse I question... fields look perfect the eagel looks tooled. Again a in hand purchase....not from a image.

 

die polish to the left of the head. Inflicted hairlines or slide marks on the cheek.

 

I had an opinion about this coin. It didn't sell raw, so I threw it in a PCGS economy order (2 freaking months ago) and PCGS disagreed with my opinion.

 

Did you see my post on the half dime?

 

no

 

The 1871 scrubbed pretty coin too

 

My thought exactly. Some of the lines go under the devices, while some are on top. That is a dead ringer for both.

 

True view

 

Looks like both hairlines and die polish lines.