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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 4162627, member: 112"]Die polish lines on coins are flaws, you are not supposed to ever be able to see die polish lines. And when dies are polished correctly you can't see any. So when you CAN see them, you know that somebody screwed up and did not polish the die correctly. So yes, they should impact the grade in a negative manner. </p><p><br /></p><p>Same kinda thing with die scratches, they are not supposed to be there and thus they are flaws on the coin. So they impact the grade in a negative manner as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anything that is not supposed to be there on the coin is a flaw by definition, just like contact marks, hairlines, scratches, etc etc - they are all flaws on the coin and they all impact the grade in a negative manner. Same kind of thing is true of die cracks, die breaks, any kind of error - they are all flaws because none of them are supposed to be there. </p><p><br /></p><p>The way ya gotta look at is this. If you have 2 coins, and both are equal in all respects when it comes to the various grading criteria like quality of strike, quality of luster, contact marks, hairlines, etc - but one of the coins has die polish lines and or die scratches, then can the coin with the die polish lines/scratches (or any other flaws) grade as high as the other coin that does not have them ? </p><p><br /></p><p>The obvious and only answer is no it cannot and should not grade as high as the other.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 4162627, member: 112"]Die polish lines on coins are flaws, you are not supposed to ever be able to see die polish lines. And when dies are polished correctly you can't see any. So when you CAN see them, you know that somebody screwed up and did not polish the die correctly. So yes, they should impact the grade in a negative manner. Same kinda thing with die scratches, they are not supposed to be there and thus they are flaws on the coin. So they impact the grade in a negative manner as well. Anything that is not supposed to be there on the coin is a flaw by definition, just like contact marks, hairlines, scratches, etc etc - they are all flaws on the coin and they all impact the grade in a negative manner. Same kind of thing is true of die cracks, die breaks, any kind of error - they are all flaws because none of them are supposed to be there. The way ya gotta look at is this. If you have 2 coins, and both are equal in all respects when it comes to the various grading criteria like quality of strike, quality of luster, contact marks, hairlines, etc - but one of the coins has die polish lines and or die scratches, then can the coin with the die polish lines/scratches (or any other flaws) grade as high as the other coin that does not have them ? The obvious and only answer is no it cannot and should not grade as high as the other.[/QUOTE]
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