1898-OV23 oddity

[fogie]

Gotta get the light right or you see nothing unusual....

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[DHalladay]

That is excellent!!
Looks like corduroy.

What did you do do that poor coin?

[vampicker]

OK, officially - what the hell?

[Kurt28]

With similar striations on the wreath etc., my guess would be a problem with the planchet.

[iwillbenice]

Crop and paste?

[vamsterdam]

I’ve seen a number of morgans like this, including one that pcgs bagged. Didn’t look like a problem coin to me, rather a problem with something else.

[messydesk]

This wouldn't be an older PCGS holder by any chance, would it?

[fogie]

The coin resides in a PCGS (Green) MS65 holder. It is also clearly a VAM23.

[LateDateMorganGuy]

Could it be that what you are seeing is light bounce off striations on the inside of the holder in the plastic and not on the coin?

[vamnuke]

Reeded field

[messydesk]

The coin resides in a PCGS (Green) MS65 holder. It is also clearly a VAM23.

Thought so. This is an artifact of the holder. You might be able to polish it down a bit.

[PacificWR]

Sounds like it's ok to add the photos to the page.

[pup_picker]

This wouldn't be an older PCGS holder by any chance, would it?

it has to be. ive seen MANY holders that have lines like that showing through from imaging. always older holders. don't recall the specific generation(s).

thought i had a monster first time i saw it.