Hello Again - I recently grabbed some Canadian PL sets and was excited to find my 2nd error, ever ( a Double Horizon). According to what I am seeing though, it would only be worth grading if it received a PL65 or higher. At 5x magnification, I noticed these obvious lines across the obverse, but used my microscope to show them to you in detail. Are they die polish lines? And if so, does this destroy the grade? P.S. Sorry for the weird color; my microscope and the cellophane don't play well together. Also, these lines are not on the cellophane... I checked multiple times.
They are unlikely to be from die polishing as they are on the devices as well as being perfectly parallel.The devices are the incused part of the die. Wait for others but my feeling is a planchet issue
Thank you all for the replies. The planchet error makes sense, and really helps me with my grading decision. Unfortunately, though, my lifetime record still stands at finding only one error. Haha. This particular coin appears to be a normal strike after further research... I could have sworn (initially) that the arrow on "Coins and Canada" was pointing at the small arc between the horizon and water lines as the marker for this variant. Darn.
Head up, keep looking, that is where the fun and learning experience is. And if you have found 1 error that is 1 more than countless thousands of coin collectors around the globe have .
hey Kipling79 i believe what your seeing are Planchet striations as SensibleSal66 mentioned in his post above. the die polish lines in pictures I've seen before are more grouped together. there not always straight, or in a straight line. 1st picture is Planchet striations: die polish lines: hope this helps. great pictures by the way. weird colors don't bother me. good luck brother
