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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 7697782, member: 112"]Yeah they do, and it makes perfect sense that they do when you understand something that a lot of folks seem to miss or simply don't think about it. It's because die polish lines, both on the die and the resulting coins struck with that die, have both raised and incuse lines - just like post strike scratches on a coin do. So that makes it hard for some folks to tell the difference between them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The defining characteristics of die polish lines are that they are always basically straight and parallel to each other, and they don't ever cross the devices.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post strike scratches on a coin though can run in any direction, they can be straight and parallel, circular, and/or criss-cross all over the place. And they can cross the devices, but only if and when the devices have been scratched. In other words the devices aren't always scratched but they certainly can be.</p><p><br /></p><p>And one must always remember that you can, and quite often do, have die polish lines AND post strike scratches both on the same coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 7697782, member: 112"]Yeah they do, and it makes perfect sense that they do when you understand something that a lot of folks seem to miss or simply don't think about it. It's because die polish lines, both on the die and the resulting coins struck with that die, have both raised and incuse lines - just like post strike scratches on a coin do. So that makes it hard for some folks to tell the difference between them. The defining characteristics of die polish lines are that they are always basically straight and parallel to each other, and they don't ever cross the devices. Post strike scratches on a coin though can run in any direction, they can be straight and parallel, circular, and/or criss-cross all over the place. And they can cross the devices, but only if and when the devices have been scratched. In other words the devices aren't always scratched but they certainly can be. And one must always remember that you can, and quite often do, have die polish lines AND post strike scratches both on the same coin.[/QUOTE]
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