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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 7924174, member: 24314&quot;]johnmilton, posted: [USER=24314]@Insider[/USER] has his opinion; others are allowed to have theirs. [<i><span style="color: #660033">Absolutely </span><b><span style="color: #006633">TRUE</span></b><span style="color: #660033"> and many here have offered their OPINIONs.&nbsp; Unfortunately, <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> some members opinions are not valid.&nbsp; By giving reasons for their correct opinion, others <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> posting in this thread are trying to educate them. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></i>].&nbsp;&nbsp; Implying that others are ignorant or stupid because they don’t agree with him is counterproductive to the learning process. Continuing in this vein does not further the education process.&nbsp; [<i><span style="color: #660033">I don&#039;t believe I&#039;ve implied anything.&nbsp; You don&#039;t learn by believing anything you are told.&nbsp; Disagreement is GOOD!&nbsp; However, anyone who continues to believe the bright lines in the image are not scratches after reading the comments from me and others just might have a learning disability, poor eyesight, or a serious lack of English comprehension.</span></i>] Nobody has all of the answers … nobody.&nbsp; It’s an incredible sign of arrogance when someone says they do. [<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <i><span style="color: #660033">I feel very sorry for anyone with such low self-esteem that they must &quot;paint&quot; others as arrogant know-it-alls.&nbsp; I must say that I don&#039;t know any know-it-alls or ANY STUPID FOOL who thinks they are.&nbsp; As for arrogance, I&#039;m reminded of Joe Namath among all the other arrogant individuals I can think of.&nbsp; When they can do it, it is skill, knowledge, luck, or something else.&nbsp; It is not arrogance in spite of what others might <b>IMAGINE </b>to feel better about themselves.&nbsp; </span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033">Now to get back to my OP, I saw the coin at 40X.&nbsp; I know the shiny lines are scratches into its surface. So I&#039;ll <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie25" alt=":blackeye:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> be a little arrogant <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> here.&nbsp; The marks are 100% scratches into the coin and anyone who disagrees after reading all the evidence provided for this determination is...ah, shall I say uninformed (look up the &quot;i&quot; word for &quot;uninformed.&quot;</span></i>].</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;If I were considering this coin, I would first view the whole piece. I would see this area and look at it with a 10x glass. Then I’d look at the whole thing again. We don’t have that here.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; <i><span style="color: #660033">And you will not EVER because it is not needed to learn what a jagged group of surface patches looks like!</span></i></p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033">Now for anyone who doesn&#039;t like the way I <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie93" alt=":troll:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> choose to communicate, please put me on </span><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Ignore</span></b><span style="color: #660033"> so you don&#039;t mess up my next thread with your personal pity-party!</span></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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