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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;borgovan, post: 526541, member: 13016&quot;]Nice coin.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The striations on the obverse are normal. I see them all the time on toned Jeffersons. I believe they are due to abnormal distribution of metals in the alloy when the strips are rolled flat, before the blanks are cut out. Then, when the coin eventually tones, the locally-different alloys tone at different rates, causing the stripes. I would think the same kind of thing would happen in a wood-grain Lincoln cent. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This isn&#039;t Lehigh&#039;s typical monster toner, but I think he said he&#039;s going more for surface preservation. This coin is typical of an MS-66 graded by NGC. I think calling this coin a 67 is a stretch even for them, but who am I to argue?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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