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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 19375, member: 112&quot;]OK - I understand your problem with not understanding the terminology. So let me ask you this - the lines on the coin - are they raised ? In other words do they stick up above the surface ? </p><p><br /></p><p>If they do - then I believe the marks are by die polishing. What die polishing is - is simple. It&#039;s just what it sounds like. When a die becomes worn from striking a number of coins the mint workers will remove it from the press and polish the surfaces of the die so that it can be used again. Sometimes this polishing is a little agressive and it leaves marks in the die. So when another coin is struck with this die - those marks show up on the coin in the form of raised lines.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope that helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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