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<p>[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 4129856, member: 78244"]The simplest answer is usually the correct one. Occam’s razor.</p><p><br /></p><p>The damage has the appearance of reeding. Dollars were stored in bags, making them prone to contact marks. Many show severe contact marks. The coin in question shows that the thing that caused the damage came from two different angles, and the difference in depth indicates two different levels of force, all consistent with being in an ever-shifting bag of coins. Plus, there is an additional contact mark that <i>crosses</i> the right area of damage, which indicates that it happened <i>after</i> the damage occurred.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sure, go ahead and create an elaborate story where a collector tried to “enhance” his dollar by adding “ribs” that are completely inconsistent with the type. And then it magically returns into circulation where it picks up more significant damage before it gets to where it is now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or we could just say the coin was beat up in a bag, circulated, then was cleaned and has at best a nominal value over melt. One story seems far more believable to me. Of course, I <i>cannot</i> be right because I am not trying to make a case that this coin is tooled.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 4129856, member: 78244"]The simplest answer is usually the correct one. Occam’s razor. The damage has the appearance of reeding. Dollars were stored in bags, making them prone to contact marks. Many show severe contact marks. The coin in question shows that the thing that caused the damage came from two different angles, and the difference in depth indicates two different levels of force, all consistent with being in an ever-shifting bag of coins. Plus, there is an additional contact mark that [I]crosses[/I] the right area of damage, which indicates that it happened [I]after[/I] the damage occurred. Sure, go ahead and create an elaborate story where a collector tried to “enhance” his dollar by adding “ribs” that are completely inconsistent with the type. And then it magically returns into circulation where it picks up more significant damage before it gets to where it is now. Or we could just say the coin was beat up in a bag, circulated, then was cleaned and has at best a nominal value over melt. One story seems far more believable to me. Of course, I [I]cannot[/I] be right because I am not trying to make a case that this coin is tooled.[/QUOTE]
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