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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;treylxapi47, post: 1801266, member: 41863&quot;]Ok, I have been reading the chapter in The Experts Guide by Q. David Bowers on proof coins and I had some glaring questions jump up at me. </p><p><br /></p><p>How are proof dies polished to the point where you cannot see any hairlines in the fields?</p><p><br /></p><p>In reference to the first question, if you had a proof coin that exhibits &#039;shiny&#039; portraits and devices versus the same in a cameo format, how do you polish said portraits and devices without seeing any hairlines. This is mainly a question on proof coins where the whole coin was polished and was a shiny proof instead of a frosted proof coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>My last question for now is if the mint was able to achieve such a feat, then I would assume it would be easy enough to replicate a similar effect on the coin itself to where a cleaning could &#039;enhance&#039; a coin and be unnoticeable to all but the most savvy of collectors. Is this not a correct assumption? I mean I guess it wouldn&#039;t exactly be easy, but doable all the same.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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