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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 7847257, member: 112&quot;]One first has to realize and understand there are numerous things that can cause a coin to be put a &quot;Details&quot; slab. Scratches are just 1 of those things, things like rim dings, hairlines, gouges, bends, dents, harsh/improper cleaning, and a few others will also cause a coin to be put in a &quot;Details&quot; slab. But with all of them it is always a matter of severity. </p><p><br /></p><p>In other words it&#039;s a judgement call of whether or not the damage is severe enough to warrant the &quot;Details&quot; slab. And, things like the size of the coin and the location of the damage on the coin also matter. For example, a dime may be scratched with a scratch of a given size, depth, and width and the dime would be put in a details slab. But a scratch of the exact same size as the one one the dime, if found a Morgan dollar, - the Morgan could be given a clean grade. This is because of the size of the scratch in relation to the size of the coin. On a dime it counts more, it&#039;s more severe because of the size of the scratch compared to the size the coin. On&nbsp; a Morgan it counts less because the coin is so much bigger.</p><p><br /></p><p>The same kind of thing applies to all the various reasons for designating a coin as being a problem coin and putting it in a Details slab.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, regarding this part of your comment.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&quot;If the coin was graded &quot;UNC&quot; wouldn&#039;t the scratches be due to &quot;bag marks&quot; or something similar.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>It doesn&#039;t matter what caused the scratch or what it is due to, it only matters that it is there. And the UNC part doesn&#039;t matter either, the coin could be in XF or VF condition and it would still be put in a Details slab, only it would say - XF Details or VF Details instead of UNC Details.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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