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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 26233014, member: 92212&quot;]That&#039;s right! Never let anyone &quot;test-cut shame&quot; you. We buy what we can afford to buy. (As opposed to some who buy <u>more</u> than they can afford, and then consequently forever dread the monthly credit card bill. LOL!)</p><p><br /></p><p>The test-cut adds character to a coin, and tells a little story about it. Although we don&#039;t know exactly when it happened, we know that at some point in ancient times someone needed to verify whether the tetradrachm you now own was genuinely silver through-and-through. And they found out in a way that even today still reveals the answer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, as test-cuts go, I wouldn&#039;t call it &quot;giant&quot;.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen more extreme hacks, and some that were cut in places that badly marred the central device. That&#039;s not true with yours! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; And I like that the test-cut is mainly evident just on one side. </p><p><br /></p><p>And I love the humor in the fact that the location of the cut allows a well-known <i>figurative</i> idiom to be said <i>literally</i> about your coin&#039;s owl: &quot;Got him <u>right-between-the-eyes</u>!&quot; ;-)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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