1988 Die Striations or over polished?

[pdi]

this is so extreme and I dont know if the photo will show what I am seeing in hand but maybe someone can tell me why they would do this and still use the die. thanks

[willbrooks]

Your coin has BOTH heavy die scratches as well as planchet striations. I wrote an article about the planchet striations. I can email it to you if you send me an email.

[Petespockets55]

Remember this is the year the mint had to "borrow" some reverse dies from 1989 to complete their quota.
So my guess is they worked and re-worked the poo out of the ones they did make for the year.

[BadThad]

Die polish lines, common in 88.

[jfines69]

I'm in with the die abrasions and planchet striations... That's a clean looking 88!!!

[mustbebob]

The Mint also would abrade dies heavily if they were relatively new dies that had clashed early on in their striking life. Abrading a new die still left significant sharpness on the devices versus an older and worn or deteriorated die.