1983 P lathe and circular polishing?

[makecents]

I think that these are polishing lines.

Thank you Will for giving your professional attribution and yours would be put up there with the best of the best. With all my tomfoolery with you, I want you to realize and know how much I appreciate every time you even take the time to look at and reply to my threads, it really does mean a lot to me. Your time is precious and fleeting and you treat it as such, so I know it needs to be worthwhile for you to even respond. So given what I've said, I will try to get some better pics in the next day or two for you to look at and hopefully change your mind. I may be wrong and odds are against me but I feel really strongly about this one.

[jfines69]

Thanks for checking it out Jim!! I've looked at this coin several times and compared to Jason's examples. It would appear to not follow the normal rules of the lathe lines but I feel that's what they are too. I saw the link for submitting, is he taking submissions of lathe examples? I was not sure where he was not taking submissions on clashes.

Jason has not been taking any attributions and I have no idea when/if he will again!!!

[makecents]

I think that these are polishing lines.

I suppose I could take pics until I'm blue in the face and may not help a bit. Would you mind to take a look at it in hand?

[willbrooks]

I suppose I could take pics until I'm blue in the face and may not help a bit. Would you mind to take a look at it in hand?

You have my address.

[willbrooks]

I have the coin in hand and have already taken a couple of shots. I'll get them up later, but I am certain these are polishing lines.

[makecents]

I have the coin in hand and have already taken a couple of shots. I'll get them up later, but I am certain these are polishing lines.

The MAN has spoken!! I was really feeling and hoping you would see something different. Thank you for taking time to look it over though Will, I really do appreciate it! Toss it in your going back to the bank pile.

[VAB2013]

The MAN has spoken!! I was really feeling and hoping you would see something different. Thank you for taking time to look it over though Will, I really do appreciate it! Toss it in your going back to the bank pile.

Thanks Will... and Jon for sending this Lincoln to Will to look at! Now we will know better when this shows up again.. and on 1983's especially... it probably will again! It's like 1983's were clashing so badly that the mint had to use the heavy duty rotary tool often!

[makecents]

Thanks Will... and Jon for sending this Lincoln to Will to look at! Now we will know better when this shows up again.. and on 1983's especially... it probably will again! It's like 1983's were clashing so badly that the mint had to use the heavy duty rotary tool often!

Thanks for all your help on this too Viv!! You were right from the get go.

[jfines69]

Cool... Looking forward to the pics!!!

[VAB2013]

Thanks for all your help on this too Viv!! You were right from the get go.

You're welcome Jon! I just had a hunch... some time ago I questioned the lines going through Lincoln's eye and was told then it was from die polishing... I think it was John onecent1909 who helped me with it at that time!

[willbrooks]

Looking again through the lathe line listings, I believe some of the listings are actually polishing lines rather than lathe lines.

[makecents]

Looking again through the lathe line listings, I believe some of the listings are actually polishing lines rather than lathe lines.

Well that would make me not feel as bad if the examples I was using were not lathe lines. The main thing that made me doubt mine, it did not seem to follow the rules as to where the lines should be strongest and the consistency of the lines.

[willbrooks]

Well that would make me not feel as bad if the examples I was using were not lathe lines. The main thing that made me doubt mine, it did not seem to follow the rules as to where the lines should be strongest and the consistency of the lines.

Exactly. (Extracharacterstomakemessagelongenough)

[VAB2013]

Since we are on this topic... one thing I've never understood about lathe lines is how on the 1996 obverse (here is a 96D example) the lines are somewhat far apart at the coin's outside edge... but if you look at the reverse lathe lines on a 1996 (here is a 96D reverse example) they are closer together.

[VAB2013]

Exactly. (Extracharacterstomakemessagelongenough)

you could have just used a bunch of exclamation points LOL! That would be A+++++++++++++