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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 52720, member: 669&quot;]On unreeded coins the edges can be telling, but the most important places to look are the flat fields.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>On a struck coin there are generally flow lines visible, especially under high magnification.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>On cast coins there will be no flow lines, and unless they have been individually smoothed and polished, they have a grainy surface.&nbsp; The area above &quot;IN GOD WE TRUST&quot; in the first posting, and aound the &quot;JM&quot; in the fourth posting of <a href="http://www.cointalk.org/thread6848-19061908-walking-liberty-silver-dollar-(not-a-half-dollar).html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.org/thread6848-19061908-walking-liberty-silver-dollar-(not-a-half-dollar).html" rel="nofollow">&gt;&gt;this thread&lt;&lt;</a> are clear examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s the post-casting polishing that eliminates grainyness on cast bronze figures and statues.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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