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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 7710001, member: 24314&quot;]GDJMSP, posted: &quot;Not necessarily always true. <b><i><span style="color: #660000">Post strike scratches and hairlines create both raised lines and incuse lines.</span></i></b> <i><span style="color: #660000">And of course so do die polish lines. </span></i>But they are different in nature than scratches and hairlines.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #660066">This is not true at all.&nbsp; Doug may wish to post his comments in another way to make it more clear.&nbsp; ANY TYPE, ANY SEVERITY, and ANY LENGTH of post strike mark on a coin WILL BE <b>INTO</b> ITS SURFACE and <b>not raised</b> above it.&nbsp; The only exception I can possibly think of happens when someone takes a knife and gouges a scratch at an angle into the coin.&nbsp; This produces a raised surface next to the furrow.&nbsp; Ignorant folks these damaged coins were struck with a &quot;cancelled die!&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></i></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #660033">TRUE</span>: As to the OP&#039;s question, yeah the coin has some die polish lines on it. But it has some post strike scratches and hairlines on it too. There&#039;s even some on the bust.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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