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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1429362, member: 112&quot;]I would agree that some, stress some, of the lines are die polish lines. But some of them are not die polish lines.</p><p><br /></p><p>What you always have to remember is that there are several things that can create lines on a die. Die polish lines are only 1 of them. There are also die scratches, which is the most common after die polishing. And then there are die gouges, tool marks, and lathe lines to name a few.</p><p><br /></p><p>And you have to remember that die polish lines always, always, always, share one common characteristic - they can never criss-cross, they are always parallel. So when you see criss-crossing, raised lines on a coin, only some of them are die polish lines.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are also different things that can cause raised lines on a coin besides the things I mentioned above. A lot of folks don&#039;t realize for example that a scratch on the coin itself creates not only an incuse line, that scratch also creates a raised line on the coin. This is because the metal displaced by the scratch has to go somewhere, and that somewhere is a raised line right beside the incuse line. Have multiple scratches side by side on a coin, and you have multiple raised and incuse lines side by side. And in some cases, but far less common, you can also have raised roller marks on a coin left over from a damaged planchet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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