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Striated, Striation.  Parallel incised lines or stripes; bands of very tiny adjacent channels on the surface of a numismatic piece. Natural striation is caused by metal flow on the face of a struck piece and results in mint luster. A striated surface can also be created by design as a background texture. Striated lines in a die (as file marks) would form raised striated lines on a piece struck from that die. According to numismatic writer Walter Breen these appear on some 20th century U.S. coins (as the 1921 Peace dollar and some commemoratives).

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NC8 {1988} Breen.

excerpted with permission from

An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology

For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators

COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON

Roger W. Burdette, Editor