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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 1032411, member: 15309&quot;]Doug,</p><p><br /></p><p>Everytime I have seen a coin in auction that had raised lines in either the fields or devices, the lines were described as die polishing lines by the cataloger.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I completely disagree with your premise about the 1804 dollars and the associated analogy.&nbsp; It makes no difference that they were not minted in 1804.&nbsp; None of them were minted in 1804 which makes them all fantasy pieces, including the class I dollars.&nbsp; The fact that a mint employee illegally struck the Class II &amp; III dollars makes them more desirable, not less, IMO.</p><p><br /></p><p>My point is that raised lines on the surface of a coin are created during the minting process.&nbsp; It makes very little difference if they were the result of die polishing, die cleaning, die tooling or any other die maintenance procedure.&nbsp; Trying to classify the exact die treatment that caused the lines on a coin is IMO, splitting hairs.&nbsp; So you don&#039;t like that they are all referred to as die polishing lines.&nbsp; Okay, let&#039;s call them die condition lines.&nbsp; What say you?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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