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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;greeneserrors, post: 502168, member: 16843&quot;]I believe these are die trails.&nbsp; When a die strikes a coin the metal of the coin squishes out evenly all around the die.&nbsp; In this process the coin is only touched once by a metal die, but a die strikes thousands of coins.&nbsp; Over time this wears away at the die at weak spots in the design.&nbsp; On your coins it seems to be on the points of the letters and a little inside the &quot;C&quot; of CANADA.&nbsp; Those are intersting trails.&nbsp; On U.S. coins the trails are more faint and more scratch like in appearance.&nbsp; Yours look to be the same height as the letters for part of the distance to the rim.&nbsp; U.S. coins tend to be more frosty in uncirculated where Canadian tend to be more prooflike.&nbsp; Maybe thats a contributing reason to thier raised appearance.&nbsp; I hope this helps.&nbsp; Let me know if you have any more questions.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ryan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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