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Wheel mark-details?

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AHFreak

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Hello, I was wondering if anybody could tell me what details wheel mark means?

 

I sent in a 1964 Kennedy that I thought was a 67, and it came back details, obverse wheel mark. I still haven't gotten the coin back yet to view in-hand, but I am really surprised something like that would slip by me, I have graded hundreds of coins in the last year and never gotten an unexpected "details" grade until this submission.

 

Any insight is greatly appreciated, thanks everyone.

 

 

 

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Max Spiegel

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Thanks for the question. Wheel marks, which are caused when a coin gets stuck in the wheel of a counting machine, are fairly common issues but can be subtle at first glance. If you slowly rotate the coin under proper lighting conditions you will see a patch where the wheel scraped the surface of the coin.

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