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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2164674, member: 112&quot;]Actually, I acknowledged the possibility of lathe lines being present in the devices and legends of a coin. But I questioned the probability of it happening. In other words, yes I acknowledged it could happen, I just don&#039;t think it likely that it would happen very often.</p><p><br /></p><p>And if you look at the pictures and read the text provided at the links you posted -</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://errorvariety.com/Lathe-lines/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://errorvariety.com/Lathe-lines/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://errorvariety.com/Lathe-lines/index.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.errorvariety.com/Lathe-lines/82D50cWashLL001.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.errorvariety.com/Lathe-lines/82D50cWashLL001.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.errorvariety.com/Lathe-lines/82D50cWashLL001.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>- that idea, that line of thinking is confirmed.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the first link, the author even makes the comment -</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;The lines were created when the die blank was machined from a cylinder of steel according to him and we can presume that if this is accurate, that the hubbing process did not eliminate them completely.”</i></p><p><br /></p><p>In other words, the hubbing process usually does eliminate them, but did not in this case. And as you can see by looking at the pictures found at both links, in the vast majority of cases there are no lathe lines present in the devices or legends. Thus they were obliterated by the striking/hubbing process and metal flow.</p><p><br /></p><p>So yes, it is possible that lathe lines may be visible in the devices and legends of a coin, but it doesn&#039;t happen very often. Possible, but low probability. Which is exactly what I said to begin with.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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