HI, I decided open a new thread for this coin because I really don't know what could causes this "error" (or something else). I would say this is a linear plating blister, but these raised lines are absolutely weird to me. So, could you experts tell me whats going on with this coin?? Notice that the reverse have absolutely none raised lines, is clean and have some luster as well. Any comments are welcome. Thanks in advance, Walter
Appears to be die scrapes to me which is basically mint made damage.Keep as a nice example if you want. https://www.error-ref.com/die-scrapes/
Someone at the mint polished the die and left scrape marks that are transferred to the coin when struck so it all mint caused damage and not an error.
Thanks @potty dollar 1878 and @Collecting Nut for the help. I tought this was some kind of scrap marks, but on the blank planchet, before going to the mint, because the Lincoln doesn't have any scrap marks after mintage.
Like said, those are on the die. Just a terrible job they did. But they do things like this to clean up the die and try to extend the life of it so you wouldn't necessarily expect it to be seen on the opposite die.
you can blame the guy at the wire brush wheel using it to "clean up" a used die during normal maintenance. Notice the caption.
You seem to forget. These High Production coins are made for commerce, for people to identify with payment. Quantity and not Quality is the main driving factor. Make the dies last as long as possible and find a stamping rate just below them exploding. If you are more after Quality over Quantity, then the mint makes "sets", "proof" and other things that one can collect and expect better quality. You should compare how San Francisco mints proof coinage versus the high production stuff from Philly, etc.
Otherwise said as, ah shucks, the world of coin and for that matter currency production doesn't turn on our collecting imperatives.
I know very well what you mean. Here in Brazil, the priority has always been much higher for quantity than for quality. Our coins are made of copper coated steel. Steel destroys the matrix much faster than copper coated zinc. So imagine how few coins are worth keeping... Well, we tried to research this universe of coins trying to recognize the very few that are really worth saving for posterity.
I've not noticed one like that, made with a badly damaged die. Looks like someone wire brushed it and then forgot to polish it.
