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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 8388388, member: 112&quot;]Yes. But if the die was polished and then polished again after a number of strikes (which is fairly common with Proofs), the orientation of the die polish lines would change.</p><p><br /></p><p>Could the planchets have been polished as well ? Sure, that&#039;s fairly common too. But, because Proofs are struck at high pressures, and struck more than once, polish lines on planchets are as a general rule obliterated during the strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, while it&#039;s not a certainty I simply think it more likely that the dies were polished more than once.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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