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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WL1921D, post: 962862, member: 26811&quot;]<span style="color: Red">Merged the two threads into this one. desertgem</span></p><p><span style="color: Red"><br /></span></p><p>Hi. I posted this earlier but I am new to the community so not sure if it was approved or it went through. Sorry if this is a dupe (the original post was 8 hours earlier).</p><p>Anyway, long story short...this Walking Liberty 1921-D, otherwise in F+ condition (nice skirt lines and details) has been scratched ... many years ago.</p><p>The clean appears to never have been cleaned or doctored in any other way</p><p>It appears some clown who didn&#039;t know it at the time etched his initials and the date . The etching is located around 2:00 on the obverse. Look closely, between the R and T in Liberty is what appears to be JT followed by 4/21/41? (a date). The date scratch is scrawled between the T and Y in Liberty.</p><p>Although the scratches are barely visible to the naked eye - and much more so under magnification - they are there. They do not distract your eye (eye appeal) as badly as say a major obverse scratch would right in the center of a coin...but the scratches are there.</p><p>My question is, how much would you estimate this detracts from the value of this key coin? 10%, 20%, 50%? Below is the best picture I can muster...Any opinions are welcomed. Best picture I can upload is below:</p><p><img src="http://file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/John/My%20Documents/My%20Pictures/eBayISAPI.dll_files/!BwJ7-TgCGk~$(KGrHqEOKj8Ew(7fMfrdBMHpRe5t5Q~~_12.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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