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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;thecoinczar, post: 1308003, member: 27869&quot;]I don&#039;t think it is a scratch.&nbsp; It appears to be a planchet flaw.&nbsp; Planchets were not prepared very carefully and sometimes the copper wasn&#039;t even mixed well, thus the wood grain effect.&nbsp; The mint did not make their own planchets, but would contract out wherever they could get.&nbsp; And in some years the mint was quite desperate to get those planchets so they could mint their coins.&nbsp; I think the coin is very natural and it is very attractive even with the flaw so visible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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