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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1930059, member: 112"]Apparently you still don't get it. There are several things that can cause raised lines on a coin. Die polish lines, die scratches, tool marks on a die - all of those cause raised lines on a coin. But they are all 3 separate and distinct things, so it would be incorrect to just lump them together and call them all die polish lines. Would it not be ? Yes or no ?</p><p><br /></p><p>There are also other things that can cause raised lines on a coin, When a coin scratched that causes an incuse line on the coin. But that incuse line is right alongside an raised line as well. That is a fact, an indisputable fact. And the reason it is indisputable is because the metal displaced by the scratch has to go someplace - it does not just disappear. And the place it goes is into a raised line right alongside the incuse line.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now when this started I asked what you thought was going on with the quarter you posted. In other words I wanted to know if you thought those were all die polish lines or not. You've still never answered that question. Why not ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Well I suspect you have not answered because you already know what I will say, that those are not all die polish lines on that coin. And apparently you are not willing to agree with what I will say. That's fine by me. You are more than welcome to disagree.</p><p><br /></p><p>But there are others who read this forum who just might like to really learn something, to understand that there not all raised lines on a coin are caused by die polish lines, that there are other causes as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1930059, member: 112"]Apparently you still don't get it. There are several things that can cause raised lines on a coin. Die polish lines, die scratches, tool marks on a die - all of those cause raised lines on a coin. But they are all 3 separate and distinct things, so it would be incorrect to just lump them together and call them all die polish lines. Would it not be ? Yes or no ? There are also other things that can cause raised lines on a coin, When a coin scratched that causes an incuse line on the coin. But that incuse line is right alongside an raised line as well. That is a fact, an indisputable fact. And the reason it is indisputable is because the metal displaced by the scratch has to go someplace - it does not just disappear. And the place it goes is into a raised line right alongside the incuse line. Now when this started I asked what you thought was going on with the quarter you posted. In other words I wanted to know if you thought those were all die polish lines or not. You've still never answered that question. Why not ? Well I suspect you have not answered because you already know what I will say, that those are not all die polish lines on that coin. And apparently you are not willing to agree with what I will say. That's fine by me. You are more than welcome to disagree. But there are others who read this forum who just might like to really learn something, to understand that there not all raised lines on a coin are caused by die polish lines, that there are other causes as well.[/QUOTE]
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