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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2039812, member: 112&quot;]No, are you ? </p><p><br /></p><p>The point is Brandon that just about all mints use the same processes and methods when it comes to the minting of coins. Are there exceptions ? Of course there are, but exceptions don&#039;t change the rule. And I am aware of and have studied extensively the minting practices and methods that are used by other countries as well as those of the US. The history of it and the changes that have taken place have long been one of my primary interests.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now maybe knowing the correct terminology and having a working understanding of the minting processes doesn&#039;t matter to you, maybe it doesn&#039;t even matter to some others, but then maybe it does matter to some. Just maybe some might like to know all of this stuff, and actually understand it.</p><p><br /></p><p>And as much as it apparently bothers you, and a few others, the statement that die polish lines - and I mean actual die polish lines - cannot criss cross is accurate. What I&#039;d really like to know is why it bothers you ?</p><p><br /></p><p>My interests and goals are to try and help educate people as to how the lines we sometimes see on coins come to be - how they get there, what happens and why it happens. Knowing that there is a difference, and a distinct difference, between polishing a die, trying to repair a die with hand tools, and accidental marks on a die. As well as things that can happen to coins that create marks and lines that may look similar, but in reality are completely different. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some people actually care about knowing and learning about the &quot;little things&quot;. Especially when those &quot;little things&quot; could, and should, have a very real impact on how coins are graded. And I sometimes wonder if that is not the problem, if that is not why some so try so hard to dispel and discredit this kind of information. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for your quote above - </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>How can one possibly know what caused the lines if one does not know all of these &quot;little things&quot; that I have been discussing. You see that&#039;s the entire point, you can&#039;t know, unless you know and understand how to tell one kind of line from another. And you can only know that if you know how they come to be in the first place. That is why the differences between them is so very important.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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