I dont know too much about Franklins or their errors. Could this be one? The way it shined is what caught my eye. Not like how actual mint coins should be.
Love it. Those lines on the reverse are extremely sloppy die polish marks, something I love to see on a coin. It means the dies were polished heavy-handedly right before striking this coin. Kinda the opposite of a grease filled die where everything's mushy, you get a nifty strike.
The coin looks fine to me, but the photos are incredible. What did you use to get that magnification? Awesome closeup detail.
It is a misnomer to say that the line seen on a business strike coin is caused by Die Polishing when they are in fact caused by Die Cleaning. Coin dies are polished to remove scratches in the surface of a die in order to produce a proof-like coin. It is a very skilled and time consuming process. Die Cleaning is an action done to the dies while they are in service to remove debris so the dies can produce a better looking coin. This is a very aggressive action that uses course grit sanding that in turn leaves lines scratched into the dies.
So what of the top of the L seen in the photos, could that also possibly be struck thru? And is that a die crack on the eagle's wing?
Very nice and done at the Mint. The lines are from five cleaning or as some would say, polishing the Die. What you have is normal.
Your coin looks to be struck with Late Stage Die which makes it less than a desirable specimen due to scratches and wear of the die. JMO.
But we all have our preferred coin. Like the fellow above. There is always a spot for a coin as this for sure! Any coin, almost any date, is definitely worth keeping. It's not like we dont have a bucket of junk coins lying around, like later 60s, 70s coins in proofs or whatever, or even before 70s like classic Jefferson nickels. I still only got it for $5 so either way, I got a unique piece, and just under the spot value. In every way, I saw it as a desirable for my collection! And I do enjoy the scratches myself honestly haha
