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<p>[QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 7784032, member: 5233"]It looks like a strike through to me. It appears to be an indented line on the coin but I see no evidence that something was raked across the coin and displaced metal (which would be a scratch). It looks like something was on top of the planchet (maybe a small piece of metal wire) that was stamped into the coin when it was struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note…I did not read any of the posts after the OP so my thoughts could already be disproved.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 7784032, member: 5233"]It looks like a strike through to me. It appears to be an indented line on the coin but I see no evidence that something was raked across the coin and displaced metal (which would be a scratch). It looks like something was on top of the planchet (maybe a small piece of metal wire) that was stamped into the coin when it was struck. Note…I did not read any of the posts after the OP so my thoughts could already be disproved.[/QUOTE]
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