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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 1397150, member: 31533&quot;]Well, I&#039;ve taken some more photos, and anything on the obverse is quite normal, IMO. You have the normal &quot;parallel lines&quot; like you see on zincolns, as d.t.menace said, and is probably, as Doug said, roller marks. These are not &#039;raised&#039; as we would normally call something raised. There are also some of the circular lathe lines when magnified <i>a lot</i>. On the reverse, again much is quite normal. After taking more pics and working with it, the lines that are going essentially from SW to NE on the reverse are also assumed by me to be roller marks, and very normal. Again, not raised. The diffused areas around the N and the NW corner of the Memorial are probably related to MD. The parallel lines that do the crosshatching are the only strange things on this coin, after further consideration. I cannot say definitely they are &#039;raised&#039; or not, but they are not incuse from what I can tell. They are quite parallel and obviously to me are machine made somehow, as opposed to die polishing that might be done by hand with a tool. They also do not seem to be feeder finger marks to me, but I&#039;m no expert. The way the design interrupts the parallel lines, it seems to me the damage was done prior to the die striking the coin. So, I think it&#039;s either some sort of plating issue that is manifesting in a way that somehow resonates with the other normal issues and is simply manifesting itself there on the coin because of the striking pressure for that particular die or something, or it is somehow an illusion when held a certain way. Because when held at a certain angle, the lines somewhat &#039;disappear&#039; so that the only raised areas seem to be some lines of zinc gas bubbles. I don&#039;t know.&nbsp; Anyhow, here&#039;s the pics. Enjoy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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