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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2292849, member: 24314&quot;]I don&#039;t know which reply is Doug; however I think it is the person who agreed with me that these were 100% striations.&nbsp; I should have used the term &quot;coarse&quot; rather than &quot;deep.&quot;&nbsp; The marks on the eagle appear differently due to strike variables.&nbsp; The lines on the original planchet were probably very similar in appearance.&nbsp; When the planchet was struck, the high part of the die (produced the field) exerted more pressure or affected the planchet first causing the striations to become very fine or virtually disappear.&nbsp; While this happened, planchet metal was also flowing into the recessed design of the die.&nbsp; The flat strike on the coin indicates much of this metal never filled the die completely and left coarse (not struck out) striations behind on the eagle.&nbsp; Note the color of the &quot;flat strike luster&quot; on leaves w/o detail matches the color inside the striations.&nbsp; That is the &quot;clue&quot; I wrote about above.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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