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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BadThad, post: 2537279, member: 17261&quot;]Die polish lines are RAISED, not incuse. Highly polished dies create strong but more diffuse luster. A good polish job can also create what I call &quot;halo luster&quot;, where there&#039;s a glow around the portrait. That&#039;s more of a 40&#039;s and 50&#039;s thing though. Here&#039;s an example of a die I think was properly polished and light worn...just enough to remove the die polish lines and produce halo luster:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]543156[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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