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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lkeigwin, post: 1179230, member: 30400&quot;]Sadly, this has happened with numerous series, not just T$&#039;s. But the market place is rife with fake, raw T$&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>No. It&#039;s not about the blank or planchet. It&#039;s about the working die. Dies are &quot;maintained&quot;. Sometimes they get damaged. Clashing, for example, where the dies meet without a planchet and design elements from one are impressed on the other. The Mint tries to repair such damage so it can continue using the die.</p><p><br /></p><p>...and die polish lines are actually on the die and appear on all coins stamped from that die. They can usually be distinguished from cleaning hairlines because they do not cross devices, letters, numbers, etc. Anything incused on the working die (which yields raised details on coins) shouldn&#039;t have polish lines. For this same reason die polish lines are raised on a coin, though that can be hard to make out from pictures.</p><p><br /></p><p>Qualifier: Collectors often refer to the results of die maintenance as &quot;polish lines&quot; when in fact it may not technically be from polishing but from another aggressive treatment/tool.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, what&#039;s your guess on the &#039;78 dollars? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Lance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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