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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RonSanderson, post: 26058007, member: 77413&quot;]Here’s a nickel planchet that shows how a blank planchet looks after manufacturing. The blanks go through a violent manufacturing process that includes rolling out a sheet of metal, punching through it to create the rounds, getting through various feeders to reach each machine, having their edges rolled up, and going through baths and being tumbled with many other planchets to dry.</p><p><br /></p><p>A silver planchet, like the 1945-D above, might have even deeper marks since it is a lot softer than nickel.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1658176[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The so-called “planchet roughness” often appears on the high points of the coin. That’s because they are also the deepest parts of the die. The metal does not get pushed as firmly into these deep cavities as the rest of the coin. The struck surface of the coin retains some of the rough texture from the beat-up planchet. Nickel is even harder to strike than this silver example, so the roughness is often seen on the shoulder and cheekbone.</p><p><br /></p><p>So they aren’t exactly scratches, since the surface of the coin has never been touched after striking. (Although they are dropped into a receiving bin after striking and then fed into bags, so various dings and dents may occur.) You can see here that they go every which way, just like on the planchet.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1658180[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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