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<p>[QUOTE="TheFinn, post: 3207008, member: 90102"]It looks good, but it is nearly impossible to tell the difference between die polish and hairlines in a photograph - no stereo vision. It appears to be die polish. Do you know how to tell the difference? The best place to look is near lettering with openings, like O, B, P, etc., to see if the polish is inside of the openings too, and that it doesn't stop before coming up to the lettering or design. If there is a small gap between the line and the letter/number or design, it is usually a hairline, with a "shadow" where it couldn't touch the edge. Die polish would have been on the flat surface of the die, so it will be right through letters since they were sunk down below the surface on the die. Hope this helps. Grants are notorious for die polish, but they were also mishandled.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheFinn, post: 3207008, member: 90102"]It looks good, but it is nearly impossible to tell the difference between die polish and hairlines in a photograph - no stereo vision. It appears to be die polish. Do you know how to tell the difference? The best place to look is near lettering with openings, like O, B, P, etc., to see if the polish is inside of the openings too, and that it doesn't stop before coming up to the lettering or design. If there is a small gap between the line and the letter/number or design, it is usually a hairline, with a "shadow" where it couldn't touch the edge. Die polish would have been on the flat surface of the die, so it will be right through letters since they were sunk down below the surface on the die. Hope this helps. Grants are notorious for die polish, but they were also mishandled.[/QUOTE]
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