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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1879124, member: 112"]toronto - Do a search for some of my posts explaining die polish lines. I think you'll get a better understanding. There's a lot of people, some who are knowledgeable people, who call a lot of things dies polish lines, that are not die polish lines at all. Die polish lines, die scratches, and tool marks, can all appear on coins, and they will all show as raised lines on the coins. They can even all 3 be present on the very same coin at the same time - and they often are. Then there are things like roller marks. They can show up on the devices and in the fields, at the same time. But roller marks, die scratches, tool marks, and raised and incuse lines from harsh cleaning - none of those things are die polish lines. But a whole lot of people call them die polish lines - when they are not. Do ya remember the test I mentioned earlier in this thread, try it, see for yourself. Then take an abrasive and harshly clean a coin, see that for yourself. You'll see raised lines and incuse lines on that coin too. Die polish lines can never criss-cross. Die polish lines can never be on the devices. Both of these things are true because of the way dies are polished, the method used to polish dies. That method makes both of those two things impossible to happen. Like I said, do a search, you'll find out what that method is.[/QUOTE]