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Message:: [QUOTE="Collecting Nut, post: 3646760, member: 74863"]If you look above the LIBERTY, not the scratch but the raised Mint made LIBERTY, you would be looking at the field of the coin., the background if you will. I can see numerous shades of tne same color. Some are darker, very dark, light, lighter, very light and so on. You can also see several old hits, dings etc. which create an uneven field. Over time, oils from your skin in handling a coin, general circulation issues and the like affecting the field. Even the direction of light can make a difference. When you take all these items, and others I haven't mentioned, and create a larger picture you can see things that really aren't there. If I apply everything I just mentioned and look above and below the scratch and apply a little of my imagination I can see several letters that would spell Liberty. In a way it's like making a pot of soup. You have water, carrots, onions, beans, potatoes, celery, corn all of your favorite spices and of course a meat and noodles. You see each of them separately but you don't see soup until you add them all together. Our eyes combined with our mind makes us see something that's not really there. On your coin this is the case. It looks like it's there but it's not. Those letters are not raised and it would be impossible for LIBERTY to be on the coin three times. I hope this helps you understand what we are saying.[/QUOTE]