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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1839077, member: 19463&quot;]This is very much what I thought when I bought the coin but I was able to talk myself into liking the scratches because they are a real part of the issue rather than faults.&nbsp; This type was issued for several years but in the middle of the span when this example was struck, many (most?) coins were struck on flans that were filed before they were struck.&nbsp; I am not sure whether these scratches were done to adjust weight as is usually thought or to remove a design from earlier coins being recycled.&nbsp; It is relatively unusual to find very early crocodile coins (bare headed Augustus and skinny croc) or the last type (with PP added to the design) with these scratches but the middle period coins of this style usually have them to some degree.&nbsp; Certainly a coin struck hard enough to erase the scratches would be worth more in the market but the marks are just as much a part of the coins as are the centration dimples on Ptolemaic and Moesian provincial bronzes.&nbsp; I posted a lot on this subject about one year ago when I was trying to get a complete set (I&#039;m still missing a couple I&#039;d like).&nbsp; This photo was shown here before.&nbsp; None of the coins are perfect.&nbsp; Few croc coins are.&nbsp; The reverse gouge in the second coin from the left is a post striking fault and would have kept me from buying the coin were it not for the low price.&nbsp; The one on the right has the best surfaces of any croc I have seen but is very worn.&nbsp; Combining the best points of each of these coins on one would have cost five times the price of the bunch altogether. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]305276[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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