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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tpsadler, post: 2329991, member: 9860&quot;]Ok [USER=24314]@Insider[/USER] I hope my wife gets out to the kitchen so I can make a good Humble Pie..&nbsp; Lights have finally turned on ... Hope I can articular to others my &quot;Mistakes&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; First keywords to trigger action.&nbsp; Magnification ==&gt; get scope out and Scratches</p><p>[USER=24314]@Insider[/USER] Question What happens to the marks when the planchet is struck?&nbsp;&nbsp; Making me think &quot;There must be Pre-Strike Scratches&quot; from something.</p><p>[USER=24314]@Insider[/USER] --&gt;You need to Google &quot;Planchet Striations.&quot;&nbsp; Thought I had but this time --&gt;</p><p>Website --&gt; <a href="http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=73126" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=73126" rel="nofollow">http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=73126</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Appreciation goes to the [USER=74498]@pr69[/USER] for his high definition photo of the coin.&nbsp; This allowed me to get better magnification of this coin and now showed Parallel Lines ... I had questioned this when [USER=74498]@pr69[/USER] first mentioned it I should have attempted to increase magnification.&nbsp; By not getting an enlarged image this coin looked as though there were circular marks scratching the coin.&nbsp; Thus Harshly Cleaned Remark.&nbsp; Point it through magnification I seen two lines&nbsp; One a Striation Two Other Random Lines that gave this photo the look as Circular Scratches.</p><p><br /></p><p>Light was starting to glow but then read the post by</p><p><a href="http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/pop_profile.asp?mode=display&amp;id=7733" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/pop_profile.asp?mode=display&amp;id=7733" rel="nofollow">zeewool</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/pop_profile.asp?mode=display&amp;id=7733" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/pop_profile.asp?mode=display&amp;id=7733" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/images/icon_profile.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> <img src="http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/images/icon_favorites.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/images/icon_friends.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/images/icon_link_me.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Thanks for posting the most excellent photos Dave. Limited by the illusions often displayed by online photos, this is my interpretation of them:</p><p><br /></p><p>The grainy radial texture around the denticles cause me to think that this was a worn die.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &#039;striation&#039; lines look exactly as I had imagined that they might. Parallel and deeper in the devices than the field due to the fact that solids do not actually &#039;flow&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The stars and denticles appear to be flat to nearly non-existent in places indicating to me that the strike was not brought up, giving it a post strike damaged appearance.</p><p><br /></p><p>LIGHT is NOW Fully Lite.</p><p><br /></p><p>MORAL as most Collectors should realize &quot;Do not use too much Magnification 5x Recommended&nbsp; 10x at most&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Here is a good case to look at image with enough magnification to be sure marks are not distorted.&nbsp; Otherwise results can be in error.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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