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How Are Dies Polished?

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What do they use to polish dies? Because judging by what I'm seeing on this nickel it has to be very tiny.

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Have you ever searched Youtube? I learned a lot watching vids on minting coins, I think you'd really like them.
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I have so many coins with obvious die polishing that you would think that they use a rough grinder on these dies..

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To me it looks like planchet problems--- look at the 1942 cent and the streaks towards the K of KG.
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If you're referring to the 42 Tombac nickle,..it's an ICCS high grade specimen strike,.. with a thin clear/lacquer coat giving it that slightly mottled look. A problem free piece.

Many of my specimens or some business strikes show regular die polishing throughout the mirror or regular fields.
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