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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 8035304, member: 24314&quot;]jeffB, posted: &quot;Okay, now I&#039;m confused. If it were <i>just</i> struck through grease on the obverse, I wouldn&#039;t expect reverse weakness in the same area. Am I just wrong in that assumption? Or was the reverse struck through grease as well, just in a wider area?&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>1865King, answered:&quot;<i>It shouldn&#039;t have any affect on the reverse unless some of the grease was on the reverse die too.</i>&nbsp;&nbsp; The weak area on the reverse could be caused by grease or a poorly aligned die.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse is NOT weakly struck.&nbsp; This is the way they all come.&nbsp; And my I add, <span style="color: #b30000"><i>these coins are the same quality of Daniel Carr&#039;s issues.</i></span>&nbsp; I should have expected much better quality from a major world Mint!&nbsp; Unfortunately, the sharpness of our coinage has become less and less with each passing decade.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Chris Winkler, asked:&quot;Grease can damage metal? Would it not be some metal fragment?&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The grease does not damage metal.&nbsp; What it does is prevent planchet metal from filling the die design.&nbsp; The results can be spectacular and appear as damage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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