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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Coinchemistry 2012, post: 2043531, member: 28107&quot;]I answered your question.&nbsp; Your question was predicated upon the assumption that only a large rotary wheel was used.&nbsp; I stated that I disagreed with that and posted a link where other methods and related process were discussed.&nbsp; So regardless of whether a large rotary wheel could reach into the devices, it does not follow that die polish lines never enter the devices if other alternative and/or additional methods were used.&nbsp; And that is why I referenced Burdette&#039;s book and the other thread.&nbsp; And the point of contention of this thread was whether die polish lines could ever cross into the devices, not a specific method.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Touch up re-polishing of the die after every several strikes doesn&#039;t require as much effort as you seem to think it does.&nbsp; You wouldn&#039;t be doing the whole thing <i>de novo</i> necessarily.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am aware.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Strawman arguments are always fun.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>On coins, die polish lines create the PL tendencies (i.e. mirror like quality) on the coins.&nbsp; This is because the raised die polish lines <u>SCATTER</u> light.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps you have never heard of <u>diffuse reflection</u>, caused by the <u>scattering</u> of light.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.rpi.edu/dept/phys/ScIT/InformationTransfer/reflrefr/rr_content/reflection_20.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.rpi.edu/dept/phys/ScIT/InformationTransfer/reflrefr/rr_content/reflection_20.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.rpi.edu/dept/phys/ScIT/InformationTransfer/reflrefr/rr_content/reflection_20.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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