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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jtlee321, post: 5141761, member: 73983&quot;]From what I see in the photos, it appears to be planchet striations. They occurred to the zinc core prior to being plated with copper.&nbsp; The striations were deep enough that they were not fully struck out during the striking process.&nbsp; If you consider that this is a copper plated zinc cent, those lines could not have been formed after the minting process without cutting through the plating and exposing the zinc core.</p><p><br /></p><p>These lines are common in older coins.&nbsp; Back in the day the strips of metal were drawn through a drawing bench, which scraped the surfaces of the metal strips down to a uniform thickness.&nbsp; Over time, those blades developed burrs which in turn left gouges in the metal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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