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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coinguy-matthew, post: 2643447, member: 35762&quot;]What you are referring to is called annealing marks and they happen before the coin is struck in the annealing process. The coins are often spun in a giant heated drum to soften them before striking because the CuNi clad planchets are very hard. That being said PCGS and other grading companies use this as an excuse to over grade coins in many series, most notably the Ike dollar. I simply do not agree with the practice and simply do not buy into the whole annealing thing because these coins were probably left in the annealing drum for more then one cycle. They are simply less desirable and unattractive. Ill post an example below of just how far they are willing to take it in my opinion PCGS,NGC and even CAC are doing this hobby no justice.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/A10AAOSwFdtXyHZo/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/dEUAAOSwdIFXyHZr/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/LFsAAOSwy4hUT8c6/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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