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pennies4pennies
10-10-2009, 09:34 AM
I have this unc 1943 and I am not sure about the back ground with the lines going left to right. Is this a error worth keeping?
Brad
10-10-2009, 01:35 PM
Hard to say for sure from the pics, but is it reprocessed?
jcuve
10-10-2009, 07:12 PM
At first I was thinking die scratches, but then I was wondering the same thing Brad inquired about, the reprocessing. If it wasn't on the die (i.e., scratches) or from being re-plated, then I guess it could be a planchet issue but I am not qualified to comment on that...
pennies4pennies
10-10-2009, 07:36 PM
At first I was thinking die scratches, but then I was wondering the same thing Brad inquired about, the reprocessing. If it wasn't on the die (i.e., scratches) or from being re-plated, then I guess it could be a planchet issue but I am not qualified to comment on that...


The coin is not reprocessed.
JeanK
10-10-2009, 08:23 PM
I have just checked the three very nice 43's in my album and one of them has very faint scratches similar to your coin but in a NE to SW direction. I do not know what caused them except possibly file marks. Yours is a nice looking coin.
Jean
fugnchill
10-10-2009, 09:38 PM
It's almost impossible to tell with the coloring of your pictures but first thought is replating. Can you take pictures with true natural lighting/coloring?

Thanks,
Lestrrr
rockdude
10-11-2009, 10:12 AM
I suppose it could be planchet striations which are defects in a blank (http://en.mimi.hu/numismatic/blank.html) planchet caused by impurities in the metal, that are not obliterated when the coin (http://en.mimi.hu/numismatic/coin.html) is struck (http://en.mimi.hu/numismatic/struck.html).
pennies4pennies
10-13-2009, 05:57 PM
Are these pictures any better?