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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 7919287, member: 24314&quot;]Thank you.&nbsp; You could teach a bunch of whiners a thing or ten.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here goes with the reveal and thanks all of you for posting your opinions.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Unfortunately, <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I don&#039;t remember the actual coin or the country it came from.&nbsp; FORTUNATELY, <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> that is not important in the least bit to know what you are looking at in the micrograph of a small part of a coin!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Look at the image and describe what we see.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I JUST FIGURED OUT what it is.&nbsp; Rotate my image one flip clockwise and it is the rock at 7 OC on a Seated Liberty coin.&nbsp; Anyway, I see a fairly high grade (raised die break through the rock that is not worn off) darkly toned coin with bright, haphazard <b><i><span style="color: #b30000">scratches INTO the coin.</span></i></b>&nbsp; The bright color = fairly fresh as they have not toned.&nbsp; Scrapes in the field near them are still toned.&nbsp; The back and forth marks with unusual stops and starts indicates scratches rather than thread.&nbsp; Now why would some ham-fisted idiot scratch up a coin?&nbsp;&nbsp; Does someone wish to point out the reason?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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