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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 8463468, member: 10461&quot;]Definitely graffiti.&nbsp; A handmade love token.&nbsp; Interesting, if a bit crude.</p><p><br /></p><p>The initials may look raised because there is raised metal alongside the furrows which the tool made in the metal.&nbsp; It had to have been a very fine pointed tool, like an awl, which left very thin scratches.&nbsp; These will have raised metal on the sides of the furrows, where metal was displaced.&nbsp; Over time, with wear, these raised portions of the metal may have even been pushed back over the trough part of the scratches somewhat, making it look like it&#039;s all raised lettering, but I am pretty sure that if you look at it under good magnification, you&#039;ll see that it&#039;s not all raised metal.&nbsp; You&#039;ll should see the furrows made by the scratching tool.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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