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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1179116, member: 26030&quot;]yes, the counterfeiting issues on the trades has definitely held me back.&nbsp; i saw a PCGS graded traded dollar last year that was a counterfeit coin in a counterfeit PCGS slab.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for that info ... </p><p><br /></p><p>just so i understand ... are you saying the mint polishes every blank (or just some blanks) before a coin is minted?&nbsp; why do they do that?</p><p><br /></p><p>so die polish lines are differrent from flow lines ... flow lines are from the pressing of the coin and happen during minting ... and die polish lines are from over zealous mint employees that scrape on blanks to smooth them out before minting ... is that right?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>i remember when i first saw that line pattern on some coins and it made me think the coins were improperly cleaned (since it looked like someone scrubbed (scraped) the coin).&nbsp; i do know that the TPG&#039;s dont downgrade for these lines as I have seen many in slabs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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