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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dcarr, post: 2164071, member: 4781&quot;]If this were true, fine die scratches and the like would not show up on the struck coins. But they do.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Ron Paul die shown is not necessarily a fitting example for this situation. That die may have been engraved directly, without any hubbing in the process.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Lathe marks&quot; sometimes occur on master hubs as a result of &quot;slop&quot; in the mechanical linkages of the Janvier lathe (which is the device which cuts a master hub from a large galvano). The master hub is a &quot;positive&quot; just like the finished coins, and so if the master hub is polished enough, the lathe marks will tend to remain in the protected areas and will tend to vanish on the raised devices. The lathe marks in the master hub WILL transfer all the way down the line to the master dies, to the working hubs, to the working dies, and to the coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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