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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 1697385, member: 11521&quot;]The reed marks could have been made seconds after the coin was struck. After Business Strike coins are struck (not Proof coins) they are ejected from the coining chamber of the coin press and they fall into a hopper. The distance the coins drop into the hopper is in the range of a foot or so. Large coins (like a Half Dollar) falling that distance will have enough energy to leave a reed mark on a coin that it lands on if it strikes that coin with its edge. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, when a coin is struck it heats up. (See for yourself - smash a coin or a nail on an anvil with a hammer and see if it is hotter than before being smashed). The hot metal is softer and more susceptible to damage (e.g., another coin falling edge first onto it).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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