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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2616937, member: 24314&quot;]I believe all the disagreement is due to differences of opinion as to what we call these raised lines on the coin (incuse lines into the die surface) and <span style="color: #b30000"><b>how/when</b> they were imparted to the die. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie15" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span>&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>IMO, <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> the solution is simple.&nbsp; Live and let live; post and let post.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; All I can tell you for a <b>fact</b> is that: <b><span style="color: #b30000">U.S. MINT EMPLOYEES on the press floor and engraving department call these marks DIE POLISH.</span></b>&nbsp;&nbsp; For that reason, I never bothered to pin down the floor superintendent or chief engraver to ask what types of &quot;polish&quot; occurred when or how.&nbsp; I can also state for a fact that these lines are called DIE POLISH in every authentication and grading seminar I have attended.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is also a fact (see photo) that whatever we call them - they can go in all directions and they can cross over and under each other depending which are deeper into the die!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>PS I have also seen a press operator wipe a die in the press with a dirty, thin rag the size of a wash cloth.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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