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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1317897, member: 112"]When you get right down to it die polish lines and whizzing lines both produce raised lines on the surface of the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Are the two types of lines different ? Absolutely ! But in that regard they are alike.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason people get confused with this is because it is always said that a scratch or hairline creates an incuse line on the surface of the coin. While a die polish line is raised. And this is true. </p><p><br /></p><p>But what you have to remember is that die polish lines come in a series - a lot of raised lines, parallel to each other. And any time you have a series of raised lines parallel to each other you also have a corresponding series of depressions (low spots) in between those raised lines (high spots).</p><p><br /></p><p>Whizzing does exactly the same thing, it creates a series of raised lines, parallel to each other, with low spots in between.</p><p><br /></p><p>And luster itself is a series of raised lines with low spots in between. That is precisely why whizzing is used to simulate luster. It is also why it fools a lot of people.</p><p><br /></p><p>But there are very recognizable differences between these 3 different types of raised lines on a coin. As a collector you have to learn to distinguish one from the other. </p><p><br /></p><p>And once you do that then you have to learn that even scratches can create both raised and incuse lines on a coin. And that die scratches can create raised lines on a coin with corresponding low spots in between.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I'm trying to get across here is that there are a lot of different things that can cause raised lines on a coin. And they can be very deceiving at times.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1317897, member: 112"]When you get right down to it die polish lines and whizzing lines both produce raised lines on the surface of the coin. Are the two types of lines different ? Absolutely ! But in that regard they are alike. The reason people get confused with this is because it is always said that a scratch or hairline creates an incuse line on the surface of the coin. While a die polish line is raised. And this is true. But what you have to remember is that die polish lines come in a series - a lot of raised lines, parallel to each other. And any time you have a series of raised lines parallel to each other you also have a corresponding series of depressions (low spots) in between those raised lines (high spots). Whizzing does exactly the same thing, it creates a series of raised lines, parallel to each other, with low spots in between. And luster itself is a series of raised lines with low spots in between. That is precisely why whizzing is used to simulate luster. It is also why it fools a lot of people. But there are very recognizable differences between these 3 different types of raised lines on a coin. As a collector you have to learn to distinguish one from the other. And once you do that then you have to learn that even scratches can create both raised and incuse lines on a coin. And that die scratches can create raised lines on a coin with corresponding low spots in between. What I'm trying to get across here is that there are a lot of different things that can cause raised lines on a coin. And they can be very deceiving at times.[/QUOTE]
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