Here is a nice example of die polish lines vs. scratches. As you can see clearly the lines are within the fields of the coin and stop at the high points. I took this picture with my cheap digital camera. Graded MS67RD by NGC
I believe last we left the issue, there was a bit of agreement to call these lines die finishing lines or die scratches. Is the title of your post trying to distinguish between die finishing lines/die scratches and coin surface scratches? The coin obviously has die finishing lines or die scratches. Surface scratches are from cleaning, wiping or whizzing the coin surface. link... https://www.cointalk.com/threads/die-breakdown-what-causes-the-marks-you-see-on-coins.218567/
Ok, being new to this I would have too say die finishing lines/die scratches vs surface scratches. Do I need to change the title?
Your call, the coin clearly shows die scratches, the vs. doesn't make sense, but, I'm happy to wait and see where you wish to take the topic, then chat.
Ok, I think I will leave it as is since now I know the difference between die finishing lines/die scratches as opposed too surface scratches. My point was that there is a difference between them and just displaying an example
Oh yeah, don't miss out on other related topics. There are tons of them with lots of fun reading to pass the time. Here are three more... https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1960-d-d-error-and-guess-the-grade-by-segs.243649/ https://www.cointalk.com/threads/grade-this-new-walker-pickup.135126/ https://www.cointalk.com/threads/die-polish-lines.153421/
Die polish lines or scratches on the die are easy to distinguish from surface scratches on the coin. Surface scratches on the coin will be just that, and they will be incuse on the surface. Any scratches or polish lines to the die itself will show up as raised on the surface of the struck coin.
Well yes, except for one thing. Every time a die, or a coin, is scratched or polished, incuse lines and raised lines are formed on the die, or coin. So distinguishing one from the other is not as easy as most think. And that is why they are so often confused.
