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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1685399, member: 112&quot;]Maybe, maybe not. It depends on if you are talking about a circulated coin or an unc coin, how the coin was stored for all those years, if the coin has ever been dipped or not - there are a great many variables that would affect the appearance of hairlines as compared to die polish lines in regard to color.</p><p><br /></p><p>What you are saying can be true Bill, under certain circumstances. But it is a long way from being a rule of thumb. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s more than a little bit hard for the average collector to distinguish hairlines from die polish lines as it is, under any circumstances. Especially since they are both found on the same coin so often and are so similar to each other as it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even noted numismatists will often call hairlines die polish lines, when they are not die polish lines at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Die polish lines always have certain characteristics, and it is only by knowing all of these characteristics, not just some of them, that die polish lines can be distinguished from hairlines, tool marks, and light scratches.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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