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<p>[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 733154, member: 19165"]Lehigh said in the original post that this coin is raw. </p><p><br /></p><p>The marks I'm referring to are exactly as the Cave Troll mentions - they start about the middle of her cheek, and run almost horizontally across her ear and cap into the right field, almost to the rim. These parallel striations are common on many otherwise high grade coins. If it were a Morgan, I would give it the benefit of the doubt and say it was (mint made) roller marks, but on mid-20th century coinage, its unfortunately the telltale sign of a counting wheel.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 733154, member: 19165"]Lehigh said in the original post that this coin is raw. The marks I'm referring to are exactly as the Cave Troll mentions - they start about the middle of her cheek, and run almost horizontally across her ear and cap into the right field, almost to the rim. These parallel striations are common on many otherwise high grade coins. If it were a Morgan, I would give it the benefit of the doubt and say it was (mint made) roller marks, but on mid-20th century coinage, its unfortunately the telltale sign of a counting wheel.[/QUOTE]
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