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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 6537562, member: 112&quot;]You&#039;re right, it can&#039;t happen.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Think for a minute Jason. If a mint worker is taking the time to retouch a die by hand, he is doing it to remove some minor flaw that didn&#039;t pass final inspection after die polishing, and it will be a minor flaw that is capable of being removed by hand retouching.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, with that being the case, do you think it likely that the mint worker would do his job in such a manner as to leave visible - and they would by necessity be visible - scratches on the surface of the die ? And make no mistake, that&#039;s what die polish lines are, scratches on the surface. He&#039;s trying to remove minor flaws - not create readily visible flaws as die polish lines are.</p><p><br /></p><p>My point here is - what you&#039;re describing is pretty much beyond probability. Sure, it&#039;s possible, but it is extremely unlikely !</p><p><br /></p><p>And, as Roger described in his book, the hand work you&#039;re talking about was sometimes responsible for business strikes ending being Proof-like. Now with that being case, it further confirms what I&#039;m saying. They are taking great care to do their jobs correctly and remove all flaws. Not create more of them that are even more severe than what they were trying to fix.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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