1989 planchet adjustment marks?

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  1. micheldura2

    micheldura2 Senior Member

    I do not know much about plachet adujustment marks...does anyone else? The scratches do not cross over any letters..all under them. the obverse looks MD? And I took a closer look at the ear...it looks doubled...does anyone see it? Thanks:p
     

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  3. micheldura2

    micheldura2 Senior Member

    1989 planchet adjustment marks

    closer photos
     

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  4. micheldura2

    micheldura2 Senior Member

    after a little research, I think this is what you would call roller marks?

    Roller Marks go Underneath the Devices - Another diagnostic for confirming roller marks are that they will go underneath (and sometimes across) the devices on the coin and continue on the other side. The reason is that, as a feature of the planchet itself, when the coin is struck the lines are usually obliterated by the devices rising from the surface of the planchet during striking. The roller marks on the field area of the coin are often still present because the force of the strike wasn't enough to obliterate them. Large coins are more difficult to strike well, which is why roller marks are far more common on large coins such as Silver Dollars, than they are on smaller coins like Seated Dimes.
     
  5. rockdude

    rockdude Coin Collector

    I doubt that there would be adjustment marks on the cent, these marks are incuse and you would normally see them on silver and gold coins and do not appear on U.S. coins after 1840.
    I can't see it clearly but it shows signs of being gas bubbles under the plating.
     
  6. micheldura2

    micheldura2 Senior Member

    rockdude...these are long scratches...gas bubbles look a lot different than these scratches
     
  7. rockdude

    rockdude Coin Collector

    Are they raised or incuse?
     
  8. micheldura2

    micheldura2 Senior Member

    they look raised
     
  9. micheldura2

    micheldura2 Senior Member

    also, did you look at his neck by his ear?
     
  10. jcuve

    jcuve Lincoln variety fanatic

    Raised lines behind devices sounds like common die scratches - they would be incuse on the die and frequently not on the devices (e.g., letters) as they are also incuse (but deeper) on the die face.

    Alternatively, but unlikely, it could have been the feeder finger scrapping across the die face.

    If there is MD on the obverse the ear was also likely impacted.
     
  11. rockdude

    rockdude Coin Collector

    Can't see the neck shot clear enough to make an assumption. The lines are either gas bubbles or heavy polish marks.
     
  12. micheldura2

    micheldura2 Senior Member

  13. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    Those, believe it or not, are die polish marks. Very COARSE die polish marks.
     
  14. jello

    jello Not Expert★NormL®

    Here a 90% copper with die polish marks.but post 82 may not be the same
     

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