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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 1483052, member: 15199&quot;]<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The die is the reverse of the coin or the coin is the reverse of the die, whichever sounds best. The fields of the coin are made by the highest points of the die. The devices are the more recessed on the die. The die is made of very rigid tempered steel, so to polish it ( unless a proof die), generally they used fine emery or other metal polishing paper/cloths backed by a rigid block of wood if done by hand as was in 1935. Since the back was rigid, the emery cloth could not flex down into the recesses of the die design. So the short answer is not enough to be visible, and only on the edges of the devices, and not across the surface of the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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