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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 791327, member: 112&quot;]By now you should have read the thread on the NGC forum as well which confirms what was said here. But to answer your question more directly - no we do not know the specific cause. But if you were to read the books by Doug Winter on the C &amp; D mints, you will see confirmed what I have already said about the striations.</p><p><br /></p><p>What we do know is this - </p><p><br /></p><p>-adjustments were not being done during this time period</p><p><br /></p><p>- the smaller the coin, then the more likely it is that any adjustment marks on the planchet will be wiped out by striking</p><p><br /></p><p>- because gold is softer than other metals, and thus flows better during the strike, adjustment marks were rarely found on gold coins</p><p><br /></p><p>Given those three things, whatever the cause of the striations was, they were not due to adjustment marks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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