Post your coins with striations.

Can you even imagine such a thing? Smart-ass remarks are what keeps me coming back here.

And by "here" I mean the internet, of course. Not the OP's threads. Seriously.

 

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I'm still here. I've been too busy at work to hunt for a few images and comment. I'll try later today.

PS Nothing anyone can post about me, my family, my heritage, the company I work for, etc. bothers me. I like smart ass remarks. I dish out plenty of subtle "digs" between the lines myself. We are a big family of different personalities here.

However, I have completely changed my opinion (180 degrees) about the "Ignore" button. There actually are useless , want-to-be-clowns on CT who have demonstrated over time that they are not able to add anything of use to anyone in a discussion pertaining to coins. That fact actually makes me very sad.

NOT REALLY!

 

Not that you have not mentioned this as a continuous theme or anything....23 times in the last 41 days (I counted) ….. but (there is always a 'but'), you still have not identified the Gang Of 7, or The Gang of 8 on your List. There ought to be a Congressional Hearing.

J'accuse....

You will live. The 'striations' of Life.

Signed: #7

 

The word "striation" can be used to describe several things. For example, even the layers of colored rocks in the Grand Canyon. Therefore, those members posting coins with streaks of color are technically correct. I have only used the word to describe a minute, linear groove (parallel if more than one) into the surface of a coin. While they look like scratches (technically they are), they occur because of something in the minting process. Scratches are PMD. Adjustment marks are technically both scratches and striae that occur during the minting process; BUT, just as a scratch they have a specific name. So do streaks of color on a coin. Very often, striations (and adjustment marks) disappear or weaken when the planchet is struck. Under magnification , the area inside stria is the color of the unstruck planchet. Here are some examples:

 

I think they're contagious but not pathogenic. But then I'm not an epideminumismologist.

 

The Warhol Monroe re-do went for 195 Mil. I would list those pics of yours for sale as NFTs, and ask 1.6 Mil. each. Call it the Kennedy Re-Do 2022, and the Benny Re-Do 2022.

After all, CGC is going to start grading Video Tapes, so....

 

7 is a lucky # for some folks.

 

@ldhair what did you learn from OP's post #64?

 

What "something" caused these "minute, linear grooves"? I think OP is saying that these "minute, linear grooves" are different than adjustment marks, scratches and streaks of color. Stress the "I think" part, because his phrasing is ambiguous at best.

 

the dead horse I been beating for two years on here.... no offense to horses.


roller lines, flow lines, die polishing lines, all fall into the general category of "striations" in my opinion.

 

John Burgess, posted: "...roller lines, flow lines, die polishing lines, all fall into the general category of "striations" in my opinion. "

I'll need to disagree and hope to change your opinion, Striations are not raised in any of the definitions. However, due to the effects of weathering, geologic striae can stick out to different degrees in a rock formation. Raised plating bubbles don't qualify either. Flow lines ARE NOT striae either.

 

Viagra....

 

Two photos of the same coin, if you notice the stria aren't necessarily raised on the coin. Stria aren't the result of the striking process. They are part of the planchet.


And my favorite Ike.

 

Here is one I forget I had.

 

So here is a blank that has been through the annealing, washing and edge roll processes.

In my humble opinion, if there are any striations on the planchet before washing, there should be at least some obliteration of these during the tumbling, just as created here.

If the planchet missed the annealing process and did not get softened enough, there should still be some these random marks somewhere.

Common sense would say these blanks went through annealing but somehow missed the washing process.



Another random theory is the Philly mint uses a big tumbler to drain the planchets after annealing and quenching, so Philly blanks get an extra tumble. While Denver uses a scoop.... Interestingly, mine are all D Mint Quarters. Still, the washing process should do away with any discoloration and striations on the blanks... IMHO of course.

But none of these can explain the 2022 D Maya Angelou's Obverse pattern.

 

Super Woody seller listed as improperly cleaned