All of your obverse shots still have those lines. I guess it must be the laser etching. Wow, that looks really, really bad.
Oh well, chalk it up to new technology.......don't seem all half bad to me, but I'm not all that discerning. Don't take too much to make this old sod happy. In fact I do like and embrace the new technology.
When I saw these at a local show, my impression of the color was "freshly-dipped copper". I actually kinda like the design, but I didn't like the color one bit.