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<p>[QUOTE="giorgio11, post: 3922750, member: 17094"]Those marks, if they are raised as they appear to be, are die polishing lines. Polishing of the dies can cause hairlines in the dies (lowered into the die surface) which strike onto the coin as raised die polishing marks. This is the opposite of a cleaned coin which will show hairlines lowered into the coin surface. </p><p><br /></p><p>Die polishing marks typically do not lower the value of a coin as they can be testament to a coin's originality, although not every collector may favor the look they impart. Cool finds! </p><p><br /></p><p>PS You can also find (occasionally) proof examples of both the 1960 DDO Lg/Sm Date and the Sm/Lg Date. I recently sold examples of both through our eBay store. I believe your coins would be around MS64. They are nowhere close to MS66-67. Here are CoinFacts prices:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1960-d-1c-small-large-date-bn/82867" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1960-d-1c-small-large-date-bn/82867" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1960-d-1c-small-large-date-bn/82867 </a></p><p><br /></p><p>Kind regards,</p><p><br /></p><p>George[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="giorgio11, post: 3922750, member: 17094"]Those marks, if they are raised as they appear to be, are die polishing lines. Polishing of the dies can cause hairlines in the dies (lowered into the die surface) which strike onto the coin as raised die polishing marks. This is the opposite of a cleaned coin which will show hairlines lowered into the coin surface. Die polishing marks typically do not lower the value of a coin as they can be testament to a coin's originality, although not every collector may favor the look they impart. Cool finds! PS You can also find (occasionally) proof examples of both the 1960 DDO Lg/Sm Date and the Sm/Lg Date. I recently sold examples of both through our eBay store. I believe your coins would be around MS64. They are nowhere close to MS66-67. Here are CoinFacts prices: [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1960-d-1c-small-large-date-bn/82867']https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1960-d-1c-small-large-date-bn/82867 [/URL] Kind regards, George[/QUOTE]
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