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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Howard Black, post: 3562094, member: 97119&quot;]Why do they use such crude methods to &quot;polish&quot; a die? I&#039;ve got coins that look like someone took random swipes at the die with a <i>rasp</i>. I don&#039;t think it would be <i>that </i>difficult to use a buffing wheel with some polishing compound instead of a grinder (or maybe some coarse sandpaper, or a file). Even if they <i>do </i>need to remove some significant depth of metal, they could still switch to a fine pitched file/grinder/whatever and then give it a quick pass with a buffer wheel to get rid of those lines.</p><p><br /></p><p>They wouldn&#039;t have to polish it to a proof-like mirror sheen, just get rid of those deep scratches.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not suggesting they do this -- I <i>like </i>finding coins that look like someone at the Mint took a rough file to the dies. I&#039;m just wondering why they don&#039;t do what seems like the common sense thing to do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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