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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 7602735, member: 24314&quot;]jeffB, posted: &quot;I see... <b><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">a scratched-up coin</span></b>. <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 102)">But I don&#039;t see any spots where the gouges carry metal <i>into</i> the incuse design elements</span>, [<b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102)">BECAUSE</span></b>?] and that makes me wonder if I&#039;m missing something important.&nbsp; I also see a prime example of the optical illusion where hollows look like bumps, and vice-versa.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Great post.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=15309]@Lehigh96[/USER]</p><p><br /></p><p>There is an optical illusion due to the position of the light when the image was made. There is a <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 179)">reason the lines look both raised and incuse</span>.&nbsp; There is also a <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 179)">reason the lines don&#039;t go into the recesses of the letters</span>.&nbsp; It has to do with the coin&#039;s design.&nbsp; There is a <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 179)">reason these marks cannot be adjustment marks</span> and it has nothing to do with the coin&#039;s date.&nbsp; I cannot say for sure when the US stopped adjusting the surface of the planchet.&nbsp; I can say for 100% certainty that at some time in the past, the gold planchets were adjusted on the edge of their planchet.</p><p>There is a reason these cannot be &quot;wheel marks&quot; because that is a specific term reserved for a specific characteristic that does not look like this.&nbsp; Now, a &quot;grinding <b>wheel</b>&quot; w/metal bristles could leave similar marks if that is what you thought. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_5530-jpg.1308951/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=5233]@CamaroDMD[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>In order to leave marks that are into a coin&#039;s surface they would need to be RAISED on the die.&nbsp; Do you think the Mint would use a die that looked like that?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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