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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3204341, member: 74834&quot;]Alright. Well, <a href="https://www.google.nl/search?q=strigillation&amp;rlz=1C1GGRV_enNL751NL751&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj6_I_U8OndAhWEUlAKHe6vCEU4ChD8BQgLKAI&amp;biw=1600&amp;bih=758" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.nl/search?q=strigillation&amp;rlz=1C1GGRV_enNL751NL751&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj6_I_U8OndAhWEUlAKHe6vCEU4ChD8BQgLKAI&amp;biw=1600&amp;bih=758" rel="nofollow">strigillation</a> probably is not the right word (English being not my mother tongue - nor Latin). I should have said <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatching" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatching" rel="nofollow">hatching</a>, drawing closely spaced parallel lines in order to make the background of the coin dull. The design will shine more lustrous when the background is muted, hatched. Either by preparing the flan, or the die, with a hatching technique.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the crystallization, probably I don&#039;t know how this works (and I&#039;m not the only one apparently). But there might be pictures of coins in various phases of crystallization.</p><p>Also, there might be pictures of coins that are doubtless forgeries showing these parallel lines.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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