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<p>[QUOTE="dwhiz, post: 5406453, member: 25416"][USER=104064]@KBBPLL[/USER]</p><p>New to me also but I found this</p><p>The test cut was a readily easy method to expose the "innards" of the coin and reveal what was beneath the coin's surface. Some would scratch the coin's surface while some would cut a large gash as we often see in ancient silver coins</p><p>So I think someone wanted to make sure the coin was silver, similar to chop marks on Trade Dollars[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dwhiz, post: 5406453, member: 25416"][USER=104064]@KBBPLL[/USER] New to me also but I found this The test cut was a readily easy method to expose the "innards" of the coin and reveal what was beneath the coin's surface. Some would scratch the coin's surface while some would cut a large gash as we often see in ancient silver coins So I think someone wanted to make sure the coin was silver, similar to chop marks on Trade Dollars[/QUOTE]
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