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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2617774, member: 24314&quot;]I must respect your opinion but until I see it....&nbsp; Just because we can see a micro&nbsp; hairline scratch on a polished surface such as a die, does not mean it will reproduce as a raised line. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, let&#039;s take a proof SE.&nbsp; Take a greasy rag with some grit and rub the coin.&nbsp; We will be left with a hairlined proof surface.&nbsp; Based on over 45 years of examining the surface of all types of coins from all ages using a high power stereo microscope:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Die steel is harder than any of our usual coin alloys.&nbsp; You are going to need to put a decent scratch into it for it to reproduce!</p><p><br /></p><p>2. The type of minute hairlines (into the surface of the Proof SE and used to illustrate what would happen to a steel die) WILL NOT PRODUCE any effects that are visible RAISED polish lines on a struck coin at magnifications less than 40X.&nbsp; Therefore, it is my contention that the typical polish we see on coins in this thread were caused by a much coarser type of polishing.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>3. While hairlines are a type of micro scratch, NOTHING I have ever seen (using high power magnification) imparted to a coin&#039;s surface (raised) from a die <b>comes close to having any resemblance or characteristic of a hairline caused in the quote above </b>by something like a tiny piece of grit.&nbsp; Raised lines on a coin come in degrees of intensity.&nbsp; A hairline is not a scratch.&nbsp; A scratch is not a gouge or tool mark.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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