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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spark1951, post: 6252808, member: 90692&quot;]Welcome to Coin Talk!…while we do pop a few bubbles, being a killjoy is not our inherent nature.</p><p><br /></p><p>What you <i><b>will </b></i>get is the unvarnished truth.&nbsp; We strive for accuracy in all things numismatic.</p><p><br /></p><p>The “orange peel effect” is the result of eroded, worn out dies. The Mint overuses them because they produce coins for commerce, not collecting, hence the name “business strike”.&nbsp; The effect manifests itself as striations and a pebbly surface easily seen in the fields...like the skin/peel of an orange.</p><p><br /></p><p>Go to John Wexler’s website doubleddie.com.&nbsp; The articles on the site are a must read, in fact, are used as a reference source.&nbsp; Other accurate info sites are:</p><p>...Variety Vista, error-ref.com and lincolncentresource.com.&nbsp; There are many more you can find by search engine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good Luck and welcome to the forum...Spark[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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