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Message:: [QUOTE="HandsomeToad, post: 384392, member: 12965"]There's a big difference between scratches from being cleaned and raised lines. If you look at it closely, you will see the so called scratches are inverted, therefore, they are not scratches, unless you call scratches transferred from the die, scratches on the coin? The scratches originated either from the die or were already on the planchet. Take a new dime and clean it harshly, then look at it magnified and you will see the scratches DO NOT maintain the same aspects on the edges of raised areas on the coin (legend, bust, etc) as the open flat surface. Simple dynamics come into play and are no different than standing against a tall building (ground level) with a strong wind blowing directly at you. If you step away from the building, the wind speed increases but against the building, it isn't as strong. Or, how about washing your car? The "ding strip" that runs down the vehicle, if you go against it, you will leave dirt right up against it, so you have to brush the same direction as the strip to get that area clean, because when brushing in the other direction, the brush hits the raised area of the strip first and bends to it and the tips of the brush never touch the area below or above the strip. Simple dynamics! Ribbit  <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]