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Message:: [QUOTE="brg5658, post: 2039591, member: 29751"]Funny though, the originally posted coin was from Luxembourg.  The semantics of what the US Mint calls "die polishing" is irrelevant to the coin in question.  As [USER=19094]@robec[/USER] very elegantly posted on the NGC forum, I think you (and others) could benefit from the following: "I think the main conclusion many collectors want to know is are these lines caused by cleaning or die xxxxxxxxxx (fill in the blank for what ever terminology you want to use). The average collector doesn't care if you call it die polish, die finishing, die scratch or die stoning. These are all lumped into one category, right or wrong. For us, it just makes it easier to call it cleaning or die polishing." The point is whether the lines we see on a coin 1) come from the die, or 2) come from post-strike abrasion to the coin's surface.  Beyond that differentiation, you are splitting hairs and playing semantic games.  And, I think it is a disservice to young numismatists and persons newer to the hobby for you to make absolute statements like "die polishing lines never criss-cross" -- are you intimately aware of the die polishing techniques used in post-WW2 Luxembourg?  <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]