Going through some BU rolls. This 1945-S roll had 6 matching weak obv/rev cents and 4 weak obv, strong rev cents. Are greasers able to match that many, that closely? Or something else like weak strike or over polish? Weight is within range. Example of weak obv/rev: Example of weak obv, strong rev:
Neat looking cents Wes. Are those the actual details or are you blasting them with a little too much light?
While it is a strong possibility that you may be right, you must remember that 181,000,000+ Lincoln cents for that year/mm were struck using numerous presses at the same time, and any of those presses could have produced weak strikes from grease-filled dies. The only way that you can be 100% positive that they came from the same dies is if there is a marker such as a die scratch or die gouge on every coin that can absolutely tie them all to the same pair of dies. Chris
This is a good representation of the details but the LEDs definitely add reflection. Here are some more photos with the light reduced as much as possible. (A lot of coins from this roll seemed to have improper alloy mix and a silvery appearance streaking through). 6 matching:
I agree and wouldn’t say they matched without reasonable certainty. I’m fairly decent at matching up coins through die markers and features. These can easily be matched up with almost just the die alignment. The mint mark/location and die markers further confirm. Usually with these unc wheats I’m able to identify a match with mint mark alone. Do you think this looks like the work of a grease filled die?
