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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1696091, member: 112&quot;]Quite some time ago LostDutchman posted a series of pictures that he took of some dies he acquired. Those pictures were extremely important &amp; educational for those who took the time to study them. And they made it a whole lot easier to understand what we see on coins. I am posting below just one of those pictures. It shows a die that has die scratches, die polish lines, die wear, and die deterioration - all on one die. </p><p><br /></p><p>Each of those things are distinctly different from each other. And each of them have different causes, some only have 1 cause, and some of them can have several causes. And by looking at them on an actual die it is much easier to understand all of that. Looking at them on a coin is kind of like reverse engineering, it can be done, but it is much more difficult. If you take the time to expand this picture to its full size, and study the picture, I expect it will open a lot of people&#039;s eyes and cause a lot of light bulbs to go on <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>See if you can identify all the different things.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]257783.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>edit - to see this picture full size, place your cursor over the image. Then when that window pops up, place your cursor over that image, right click, and select Open In New Tab. Then if you are using Chrome, place your cursor over that image, you should see a Plus sign. Then click on the image and it will expand to full size.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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