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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fiddlehead, post: 2371293, member: 31286&quot;]I don&#039;t know where those horizontal lines went but you do realize that coin number one never had any - which is typical of the year and issue?&nbsp; If I can get the coin in hand again I will take a look at it with a magnifier.&nbsp;&nbsp; I was thinking it is the result of weak center strike and some abrasion.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Note:&nbsp; I just had a chance to look at the good strike coin - in hand - again, and with a magnifier it seems pretty clear that the &quot;missing&quot; horizontal lines in the shield is 95% or more due to strike.&nbsp; It seems that way to me because the strike all the way around the shield and into the edges of the feathers around it is soft.&nbsp; There are also some small abrasions in that area which probably accounts for the darkness in the photograph - the color of the actual coin is rich gold, not dark as in the photo.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for noticing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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