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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 359243, member: 112&quot;]Yes, the mint polishes the dies. But what he is telling you is that a depression on the die results in a raised spot on the coin. A raised spot on the die results in a depression on the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>And since the mark on your coin is in the field and it is a depression, for the die to have caused it, it would have had to have been a raised sopt on the die. But a raised spot on the die, in that location and that large, would have been very unlikely since that area of the die would have been polished when the die was made.</p><p><br /></p><p>The hit or mark on the sovereign, and it is a hit or mark, was done after the coin left the mint. The coin is quite genuine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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